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{t:"An International Collection of Short Stories, P oetry and Art",p:2,x:63,y:522,w:569,h:30},
{t:"Publisher: Victoria Valentine",p:2,x:60,y:311,w:240,h:15},
{t:"Editors:    Phaedra Valentine, USA",p:2,x:60,y:351,w:285,h:15},
{t:"                 Eric Tessier, France",p:2,x:60,y:371,w:254,h:15},
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{t:"“Experience the Arts with Skyline”",p:2,x:201,y:817,w:291,h:15},
{t:"The views of the contributing authors published in this journal do",p:2,x:60,y:630,w:565,h:15},
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{t:"the respective authors and artists.  Expressions is intended for a",p:2,x:60,y:723,w:564,h:15},
{t:"mature audience 18+.",p:2,x:60,y:746,w:180,h:15},
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{t:"Expressions is an eclectic online collection of literature and art",p:2,x:655,y:641,w:570,h:30},
{t:"presented by Skyline Publications, published at random intervals, as",p:2,x:655,y:673,w:571,h:15},
{t:"a elegant alternative to our annual print books: Skyline Review and",p:2,x:655,y:700,w:573,h:15},
{t:"Literary House Review.  To submit for the next issue of Expressions,",p:2,x:655,y:727,w:571,h:15},
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{t:"About The Artist page 51",p:2,x:837,y:581,w:209,h:15},
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{t:"The faces behind the words of our talented contributors!",p:3,x:714,y:856,w:480,h:15},
{t:"A Mock Nordic Romance",p:3,x:90,y:149,w:226,h:23},
{t:"A Mock Nordic Romance",p:3,x:90,y:149,w:226,h:23},
{t:"A Mock Nordic Romance by Greg Jargiello  ",p:3,x:90,y:149,w:410,h:23},
{t:" by Greg Jargiello  ",p:3,x:315,y:149,w:184,h:23},
{t:" by Greg Jargiello  ",p:3,x:315,y:149,w:184,h:23},
{t:" by Greg Jargiello  5",p:3,x:315,y:149,w:192,h:23},
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{t:"The next morning, at work, Erika decided to have her coffee alone. ",p:3,x:90,y:187,w:575,h:15},
{t:"Suddenly she couldn’t stand being the only unattac",p:3,x:90,y:207,w:454,h:15},
{t:"hed woman",p:3,x:561,y:207,w:102,h:15},
{t:"among her workmates.  Seeing those hot young things hugging and",p:3,x:90,y:227,w:572,h:15},
{t:"kissing was far too much for her to bear. ",p:3,x:90,y:247,w:352,h:15},
{t:"20 Free",p:3,x:90,y:296,w:64,h:23},
{t:"20 Free",p:3,x:90,y:295,w:64,h:23},
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{t:" by Pamela A. MacBean   13",p:3,x:153,y:295,w:268,h:23},
{t:"Turning redder in the face, his veins bulging in his neck, Sandy’s",p:3,x:90,y:344,w:574,h:15},
{t:"father blasted Jonathan with his anger. The fight grew louder and",p:3,x:90,y:364,w:573,h:15},
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{t:"her mother, then she heard, “Get out of this yard.  You are no longer",p:3,x:90,y:404,w:573,h:15},
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{t:"Mourning In Los Angeles ",p:3,x:90,y:474,w:233,h:23},
{t:"Mourning In Los Angeles ",p:3,x:90,y:473,w:233,h:23},
{t:"Mourning In Los Angeles by Kem Ray Neal  23",p:3,x:90,y:473,w:437,h:23},
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{t:"by Kem Ray Neal  23",p:3,x:322,y:473,w:204,h:23},
{t:"The pain I felt in my left shoulder from the bullet hurt like hell. But",p:3,x:90,y:526,w:564,h:15},
{t:"it was nothing compared to the pain I felt in my heart after getting",p:3,x:90,y:546,w:564,h:15},
{t:"18 year old Benny Carzo off for murder.",p:3,x:90,y:566,w:335,h:15},
{t:"At first she didn’t know what to make of it.  Weird shapes, tubes,",p:3,x:90,y:655,w:574,h:15},
{t:"objects and unsightly rubble slid and rolled about the seats and floor",p:3,x:90,y:675,w:572,h:15},
{t:"as the subway tore through the tunnel and around torturous curves,",p:3,x:90,y:695,w:574,h:15},
{t:"lights pulsating like a stroboscope illuminating a bevy of writhing",p:3,x:90,y:715,w:569,h:15},
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{t:"by Russell H. Krauss  37",p:3,x:213,y:608,w:236,h:23},
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{t:"Sarah felt a lead weight suddenly fall across her feet and legs. It seemed",p:3,x:684,y:191,w:577,h:15},
{t:"so real as it restrained her. This is what awakened her mind. But as",p:3,x:684,y:211,w:573,h:15},
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{t:"instructed her brain, not again…not again.",p:3,x:684,y:251,w:367,h:15},
{t:"Biographies on page 51",p:3,x:714,y:879,w:222,h:15},
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{t:"It was the way it tugged back,",p:4,x:90,y:254,w:268,h:17},
{t:"that thrum of tension in the string",p:4,x:90,y:284,w:314,h:17},
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{t:"5",p:5,x:1228,y:926,w:10,h:15},
{t:"There were only two defining events in Erika Burgermeister’s",p:5,x:90,y:280,w:574,h:17},
{t:"life: her birth in The Free City of Danzig in 1920, and the Date",p:5,x:90,y:310,w:574,h:17},
{t:"three decades later.   Born as the only child to an impoverished",p:5,x:90,y:340,w:573,h:17},
{t:"middle-aged German aristocrat whose husband passed away a",p:5,x:90,y:370,w:572,h:17},
{t:"few weeks after his daughter’s birth, Erika’s sole reason for",p:5,x:90,y:400,w:573,h:17},
{t:"coming to this world seemed to care for her aging mother.",p:5,x:90,y:430,w:531,h:17},
{t:"A charming socialite in her young years, her mother was",p:5,x:90,y:460,w:543,h:17},
{t:"rumoured to have never recovered from an acrimonious melee",p:5,x:90,y:490,w:571,h:17},
{t:"with her sister - the woman whose beauty once eclipsed her",p:5,x:90,y:520,w:572,h:17},
{t:"own. The conflict triggered an avalanche of Schadenfreude-tinged",p:5,x:90,y:550,w:576,h:17},
{t:"innuendos among members of their extended family. That was",p:5,x:90,y:580,w:574,h:17},
{t:"perhaps the reason why she decided to gradually sever all the",p:5,x:90,y:610,w:572,h:17},
{t:"links with them and focus on her only child instead.",p:5,x:90,y:640,w:478,h:17},
{t:"God, in His infinite mercy, sided with the mother turning",p:5,x:120,y:670,w:543,h:17},
{t:"Erika into the very epitome of female unattractiveness. If any",p:5,x:90,y:700,w:573,h:17},
{t:"male ever cast a look at her, it was, perhaps, in a moment of",p:5,x:90,y:730,w:573,h:17},
{t:"philosophical reflection.  On the other hand, Erika constantly",p:5,x:90,y:760,w:573,h:17},
{t:"fantasized about dating attractive men while pretending she",p:5,x:90,y:790,w:567,h:17},
{t:"agreed with her mother’s continuous ranting against the vices",p:5,x:90,y:820,w:573,h:17},
{t:"and selfishness of the less-fair gender. In her girlish naivety,",p:5,x:90,y:850,w:575,h:17},
{t:"she adored Adolf Hitler",p:5,x:90,y:880,w:219,h:17},
{t:", who – she somehow concluded –",p:5,x:321,y:880,w:326,h:17},
{t:"promised a handsome Nordic boy to each Nordic girl, no matter",p:5,x:684,y:277,w:572,h:17},
{t:"how plain-looking she might be. The only man though she",p:5,x:684,y:307,w:559,h:17},
{t:"regularly talked to, one Helmut Jeske, was drafted into the",p:5,x:684,y:337,w:570,h:17},
{t:"Wehrmacht and subsequently killed in W orld War 2. Erika",p:5,x:684,y:367,w:571,h:17},
{t:"appropriated his life and in the stories she would later fondly",p:5,x:684,y:397,w:573,h:17},
{t:"recount, he was forever her beloved fiancé, who loved her to",p:5,x:684,y:427,w:574,h:17},
{t:"death.  And indeed, death did he meet.",p:5,x:684,y:457,w:351,h:17},
{t:"Her mother fully supported Erika in her endeavours to put",p:5,x:714,y:487,w:544,h:17},
{t:"the poor Helmut on the pedestal. Particularly after his death,",p:5,x:684,y:517,w:572,h:17},
{t:"when he became a perfectly eligible bachelor due to his newly-",p:5,x:684,y:547,w:573,h:17},
{t:"acquired inability to tak e her only daughter away from her.",p:5,x:684,y:577,w:575,h:17},
{t:"Mother and daughter would constantly peruse albums f illed with",p:5,x:684,y:607,w:576,h:17},
{t:"his black-and-white photographs, happy to wrestle Helmut free",p:5,x:684,y:637,w:572,h:17},
{t:"from the grips of Eternity to re-digest his short life over coffee&",p:5,x:684,y:667,w:575,h:17},
{t:"biscuits, speculating about everything that might have happened,",p:5,x:684,y:697,w:587,h:17},
{t:"had he not been killed.",p:5,x:684,y:727,w:209,h:17},
{t:"They were always together; mother scanning her daughter’s",p:5,x:720,y:757,w:539,h:17},
{t:"face for any sign of rebellion. As soon as Erika’s eyes acquired",p:5,x:684,y:787,w:574,h:17},
{t:"that dreamy",p:5,x:684,y:817,w:115,h:17},
{t:", love-me-tender look, while surf",p:5,x:815,y:817,w:318,h:17},
{t:"ing the",p:5,x:1181,y:817,w:69,h:17},
{t:"physiognomies of the passing gentlemen, her mother wouldn’t",p:5,x:684,y:847,w:572,h:17},
{t:"fail to comment:",p:5,x:684,y:877,w:149,h:17},
{t:"A MOCK-NORDIC ROMANCE",p:5,x:340,y:142,w:693,h:49},
{t:"Greg Jargiello",p:5,x:944,y:205,w:179,h:33},
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{t:"Look what an ugly nose that man has...",p:6,x:90,y:97,w:371,h:17},
{t:"Or",p:6,x:90,y:127,w:22,h:17},
{t:"I bet he comes from a very poor background.  Look at his",p:6,x:90,y:157,w:544,h:17},
{t:"clothes...",p:6,x:59,y:187,w:84,h:17},
{t:"Or",p:6,x:90,y:217,w:22,h:17},
{t:"That one looks like your typical womanizer. I would never",p:6,x:90,y:247,w:545,h:17},
{t:"trust him...",p:6,x:59,y:277,w:102,h:17},
{t:"Or, should everything else fail",p:6,x:90,y:307,w:273,h:17},
{t:"I bet he doesn’t have a single drop of blue blood in his veins. ",p:6,x:90,y:337,w:543,h:17},
{t:"Look at the way he is carrying himself!",p:6,x:59,y:367,w:364,h:17},
{t:"When the war finished in 1945, Erika was 25 and under a lot",p:6,x:90,y:397,w:542,h:17},
{t:"of pressure. Thanks to her looks and her mother’",p:6,x:59,y:427,w:475,h:17},
{t:"s caring",p:6,x:556,y:427,w:75,h:17},
{t:"attitude, she was still single, and still a virgin. As part of the",p:6,x:59,y:457,w:572,h:17},
{t:"post-War territorial reshufflings, her beloved Free City of Danzig",p:6,x:59,y:487,w:576,h:17},
{t:"fell now under the Polish administration, and was renamed",p:6,x:59,y:517,w:564,h:17},
{t:"Gdansk. Hitler was dead and so were millions of attractive",p:6,x:59,y:547,w:560,h:17},
{t:"German boys killed at the front.",p:6,x:59,y:577,w:291,h:17},
{t:"A Nazi at heart, her dreams morbidly hooked on that elusive",p:6,x:89,y:607,w:543,h:17},
{t:"fairy-tale Nordic prince on a white horse to arrive at her doorstep",p:6,x:59,y:637,w:579,h:17},
{t:"one day, Erika’s eyes were now slowly opening to the charms of",p:6,x:59,y:667,w:573,h:17},
{t:"Polish men. T ainted, as it were, with their inf",p:6,x:59,y:697,w:397,h:17},
{t:"erior Slavic ethnicity",p:6,x:448,y:697,w:187,h:17},
{t:",",p:6,x:629,y:697,w:5,h:17},
{t:"they looked Nordic, too. The Fuhrer himself recognized that and",p:6,x:59,y:727,w:575,h:17},
{t:"in his moving magnanimity encouraged those with fair hair and",p:6,x:59,y:757,w:574,h:17},
{t:"complexion to sign the Volksliste to let them shed their racial",p:6,x:59,y:787,w:573,h:17},
{t:"inadequacy and become full-blooded Germans.",p:6,x:59,y:817,w:426,h:17},
{t:"The fact that her elderly mother didn’t recognize that and",p:6,x:90,y:847,w:542,h:17},
{t:"still rattled on about the “Polish pest “was however a relatively",p:6,x:59,y:877,w:572,h:17},
{t:"small problem compared to the abrupt political changes af",p:6,x:655,y:97,w:522,h:17},
{t:"fecting",p:6,x:1168,y:97,w:62,h:17},
{t:"their everyday existence immediately after World War 2. The new",p:6,x:655,y:127,w:575,h:17},
{t:"Soviet-imposed Polish authorities demanded that the “ethnic”",p:6,x:655,y:157,w:571,h:17},
{t:"Germans either leave Poland or renounce their German roots",p:6,x:655,y:187,w:571,h:17},
{t:"and become Polish citizens.",p:6,x:655,y:217,w:256,h:17},
{t:"A reverse Volksliste, her mother cried in disbelief. What next?",p:6,x:685,y:247,w:545,h:17},
{t:"Perhaps they will ask us to speak Polish, too?",p:6,x:655,y:277,w:427,h:17},
{t:"Not willing to leave the now Polish Gdansk for Germany, they",p:6,x:685,y:307,w:545,h:17},
{t:"both took Polish citizenship.  The women comforted each other",p:6,x:655,y:337,w:573,h:17},
{t:"that in the unlikely situation of no other Hitler arriving soon to",p:6,x:655,y:367,w:571,h:17},
{t:"liberate them from those Slavic hordes, they could always return",p:6,x:655,y:397,w:580,h:17},
{t:"to Vaterland by simply reversing the citizenship-related red tape.",p:6,x:655,y:427,w:582,h:17},
{t:"Soon they realized how wrong they were. The process was",p:6,x:655,y:457,w:557,h:17},
{t:"irreversible and, as native Germans, they were even denied",p:6,x:655,y:487,w:559,h:17},
{t:"passports for fear of defecting to the wrong side of the Iron",p:6,x:655,y:517,w:571,h:17},
{t:"Curtain.",p:6,x:655,y:547,w:74,h:17},
{t:"In this situation Erika decided to become more adaptable.",p:6,x:685,y:577,w:542,h:17},
{t:"Having enrolled in a Polish language school, and mastering",p:6,x:655,y:607,w:564,h:17},
{t:"Polish to the extent of almost entirely losing her German accent,",p:6,x:655,y:637,w:579,h:17},
{t:"she went from party to party. Hell-bent on finding a husband,",p:6,x:655,y:667,w:573,h:17},
{t:"and starting a family, she had to admit to herself that Polish",p:6,x:655,y:697,w:573,h:17},
{t:"men were not just attractive and intelligent, but also absolute",p:6,x:655,y:727,w:571,h:17},
{t:"experts on red wine and all things romantic.",p:6,x:655,y:757,w:403,h:17},
{t:"Romantic? Polish men? Perhaps after a bottle of vodka,",p:6,x:685,y:787,w:544,h:17},
{t:"darling, her mother would sneer.",p:6,x:655,y:817,w:300,h:17},
{t:"And what do you know about it, Mum? How many Polish",p:6,x:685,y:847,w:543,h:17},
{t:"boys have you dated?",p:6,x:655,y:877,w:203,h:17},
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{t:"Pushing 30, Erika was slowly getting f ed up with her mother’s",p:7,x:120,y:97,w:545,h:17},
{t:"selfish behaviour. Unlike her, her mother was exceptionally good-",p:7,x:89,y:127,w:581,h:17},
{t:"looking in her young years and having lived her life to the full,",p:7,x:89,y:157,w:574,h:17},
{t:"decided to have her child only when the aging process was well",p:7,x:89,y:187,w:572,h:17},
{t:"in motion.  Notorious for her past bohemian lif",p:7,x:89,y:217,w:454,h:17},
{t:"estyle and",p:7,x:563,y:217,w:96,h:17},
{t:"jealously guarding the ample secrets of her sensual youth, she",p:7,x:89,y:247,w:572,h:17},
{t:"was now an old-fashioned matron demanding an unconditional",p:7,x:89,y:277,w:572,h:17},
{t:"love from her only child.",p:7,x:89,y:307,w:222,h:17},
{t:"How unfair!",p:7,x:120,y:337,w:106,h:17},
{t:"One day Erika returned home from a party where, as usual,",p:7,x:120,y:367,w:542,h:17},
{t:"she was solely an object of sympathetic attention.  Being German",p:7,x:89,y:397,w:576,h:17},
{t:"and living in a country Hitler had almost wiped out of existence,",p:7,x:89,y:427,w:572,h:17},
{t:"didn’t help.  She would occasionally hear some reverse-racist",p:7,x:89,y:457,w:572,h:17},
{t:"remarks whispered behind her back, but that came only from",p:7,x:89,y:487,w:572,h:17},
{t:"women, and on very rare occasions. If she had been beautiful or",p:7,x:89,y:517,w:572,h:17},
{t:"an object of envy, then perhaps, there would have been more",p:7,x:89,y:547,w:573,h:17},
{t:"backstabbing - and that she would have relished.  To her, being",p:7,x:89,y:577,w:574,h:17},
{t:"a classical Nordic beauty was the absolute value – something",p:7,x:89,y:607,w:572,h:17},
{t:"the rest of the world might only dream to measure itself against.",p:7,x:89,y:637,w:575,h:17},
{t:"Backstabbing, particularly by picture-beautiful Slavic women,",p:7,x:90,y:667,w:572,h:17},
{t:"morbidly envious of her racially superior looks would only",p:7,x:90,y:697,w:558,h:17},
{t:"provide the perfect seasoning.",p:7,x:90,y:727,w:274,h:17},
{t:"Consumed with frustration, constantly re-ignited by her",p:7,x:120,y:757,w:528,h:17},
{t:"wasted life, she felt a sudden urge to look at her mother’s old",p:7,x:90,y:787,w:574,h:17},
{t:"photos.  Why didn’t she inherit her beauty? Why",p:7,x:90,y:817,w:467,h:17},
{t:", an ugly",p:7,x:577,y:817,w:83,h:17},
{t:"duckling in her young years, didn’t she turn into a beautiful",p:7,x:90,y:847,w:572,h:17},
{t:"swan, but remained as ugly as ever?",p:7,x:90,y:877,w:329,h:17},
{t:"Her mother’s photos were neatly stacked in an old shoebox,",p:7,x:714,y:97,w:544,h:17},
{t:"and Erika’s hands started shaking when she began going through",p:7,x:684,y:127,w:586,h:17},
{t:"them one by one. So that liberated young woman was her",p:7,x:684,y:157,w:552,h:17},
{t:"mother? Never by herself... she was invariably in the company",p:7,x:684,y:187,w:572,h:17},
{t:"of handsome men and always so exquisitely dressed! It must",p:7,x:684,y:217,w:572,h:17},
{t:"have been the turn of the century, the late 1890s or the early",p:7,x:684,y:247,w:573,h:17},
{t:"1900s. Those nonchalantly decadent years in the European",p:7,x:684,y:277,w:563,h:17},
{t:"culture saw her mother constantly travel to France and Italy",p:7,x:684,y:307,w:572,h:17},
{t:"where she had a string of adoring admirers. Erika sighed. Her",p:7,x:684,y:337,w:572,h:17},
{t:"eyes focused on an old sepia photo depicting a young lady",p:7,x:684,y:367,w:559,h:17},
{t:"running naked on the beach. The picture made you feel you",p:7,x:684,y:397,w:574,h:17},
{t:"were there with the girl - the sunset, the sand and that crazy",p:7,x:684,y:427,w:571,h:17},
{t:"happiness on the girl’s face! Who and when took the photo?",p:7,x:684,y:457,w:573,h:17},
{t:"She flipped the picture over. Sicily, 11 July ... The year was",p:7,x:684,y:487,w:574,h:17},
{t:"illegible.",p:7,x:684,y:517,w:78,h:17},
{t:"Right under the photos were dozens of letters in German,",p:7,x:714,y:547,w:542,h:17},
{t:"French and Italian, all tied with a cliché pink ribbon. Speaking",p:7,x:684,y:577,w:574,h:17},
{t:"in tongues was sizzling with entirely extra-biblical connotations",p:7,x:684,y:607,w:578,h:17},
{t:"here... No wonder the old lady was now singing loudest in church.",p:7,x:684,y:637,w:588,h:17},
{t:"The next morning, at work, Erika decided to have her cof fee",p:7,x:714,y:667,w:545,h:17},
{t:"alone.  Suddenly she couldn’t stand being the only unattached",p:7,x:684,y:697,w:572,h:17},
{t:"woman among her workmates.  Seeing those hot young things",p:7,x:684,y:727,w:573,h:17},
{t:"hugging and kissing was far too much for her to bear.  Sipping",p:7,x:684,y:757,w:574,h:17},
{t:"her coffee in a quiet Old Town cafe, she didn’t notice how she",p:7,x:684,y:787,w:573,h:17},
{t:"accidentally dropped her teaspoon onto the floor.  Almost at the",p:7,x:684,y:817,w:574,h:17},
{t:"same moment, the spoon was back on the table, a young man’s",p:7,x:684,y:847,w:575,h:17},
{t:"charming smile the only proof no black magic was involved!",p:7,x:684,y:877,w:548,h:17},
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{t:"Excuse me, I think you’ve dropped it.",p:8,x:90,y:97,w:339,h:17},
{t:"Oh, was all Erika could utter.",p:8,x:90,y:127,w:267,h:17},
{t:"And I was wondering if this seat next to you was vacant?",p:8,x:90,y:157,w:534,h:17},
{t:"Oh?",p:8,x:90,y:187,w:37,h:17},
{t:"The man, who soon introduced himself as Adam, didn’t waste",p:8,x:90,y:217,w:551,h:17},
{t:"his time. He was an artist and admirer of beautiful women. A",p:8,x:59,y:247,w:572,h:17},
{t:"poetic soul, he believed that true f emininity lay beneath its",p:8,x:59,y:277,w:571,h:17},
{t:"“empty” corporeal facade.",p:8,x:59,y:307,w:236,h:17},
{t:"But certainly , as a painter , and an admirer of genuine",p:8,x:90,y:337,w:540,h:17},
{t:"femininity, you must focus on the body... you can’t paint the",p:8,x:59,y:367,w:573,h:17},
{t:"soul...",p:8,x:59,y:397,w:56,h:17},
{t:"The eyes, Adam said, constitute the bridge between now and",p:8,x:90,y:427,w:546,h:17},
{t:"eternity, between body and soul. They breathe life into the",p:8,x:60,y:457,w:571,h:17},
{t:"body... imparting a halo to it. Your eyes are smiling... they’re",p:8,x:60,y:487,w:574,h:17},
{t:"dancing... I can see a beautiful young woman dancing on the",p:8,x:60,y:517,w:574,h:17},
{t:"beach...",p:8,x:60,y:547,w:72,h:17},
{t:"She was letting herself be rocked by his melodious Polish",p:8,x:90,y:577,w:543,h:17},
{t:"and mesmerizing demeanor",p:8,x:60,y:607,w:250,h:17},
{t:". Yet on top of his exceptional charms,",p:8,x:303,y:607,w:340,h:17},
{t:"Erika had to admit that he was right. Upon arriving home, she",p:8,x:60,y:637,w:571,h:17},
{t:"spent the whole evening smiling to her reflection in the mirror,",p:8,x:60,y:667,w:575,h:17},
{t:"amazed at the stunning transformation.  She was beautiful, and",p:8,x:60,y:697,w:573,h:17},
{t:"no wonder her young admirer was so taken with her.  Talk about",p:8,x:60,y:727,w:574,h:17},
{t:"love at first sight!  Not only did she develop an instant crush on",p:8,x:60,y:757,w:572,h:17},
{t:"Adam, but also on the girl she could hardly recognize in the",p:8,x:60,y:787,w:572,h:17},
{t:"mirror!",p:8,x:60,y:817,w:65,h:17},
{t:"Erika was unable to sleep that night.  She was so happy! The",p:8,x:90,y:847,w:543,h:17},
{t:"only problem was that Adam insisted on introducing him to her",p:8,x:60,y:877,w:571,h:17},
{t:"mother.  Erika couldn’t think of anything crazier to do after the",p:8,x:655,y:96,w:572,h:17},
{t:"first date, and then she knew that her mother would never",p:8,x:655,y:125,w:561,h:17},
{t:"tolerate her suitors. On the other hand, a mere thought of losing",p:8,x:655,y:154,w:576,h:17},
{t:"him was driving her insane.  This was her once-in-a-lifetime",p:8,x:655,y:183,w:574,h:17},
{t:"chance.",p:8,x:655,y:213,w:70,h:17},
{t:"Good evening Mrs  Burgermeister, Adam greeted her mother",p:8,x:685,y:242,w:543,h:17},
{t:"the following Saturday.  He didn’t fail to kiss her hand, either,",p:8,x:655,y:271,w:574,h:17},
{t:"as dictated by a centuries–long Polish tradition.  To Erika’s",p:8,x:655,y:300,w:575,h:17},
{t:"surprise, their conversation took of f immediately, and her mother",p:8,x:655,y:329,w:578,h:17},
{t:"seemed to have no problem understanding Adam’s fluent and at",p:8,x:655,y:359,w:574,h:17},
{t:"times sophisticated Polish.",p:8,x:655,y:388,w:248,h:17},
{t:"Great, she thought on her way to the kitchen to put the k ettle",p:8,x:685,y:417,w:545,h:17},
{t:"on.  When she was back, her mother was laughing at a jok e Adam",p:8,x:655,y:446,w:575,h:17},
{t:"had just told. Then Erika was astounded to hear her speak Polish",p:8,x:655,y:475,w:585,h:17},
{t:"herself.",p:8,x:655,y:504,w:68,h:17},
{t:"God, she likes him, she thought with joy",p:8,x:685,y:533,w:360,h:17},
{t:". She is even learning",p:8,x:1039,y:533,w:192,h:17},
{t:"Polish from him!",p:8,x:655,y:563,w:153,h:17},
{t:"She was just going to get some biscuits, when her mother",p:8,x:685,y:592,w:542,h:17},
{t:"stopped her.  Her voice was trembling with emotion.",p:8,x:655,y:621,w:474,h:17},
{t:"Darling, I must tell you something. A long time ago...I was",p:8,x:685,y:650,w:544,h:17},
{t:"involved with a Polish man... He left me for ...for another lady",p:8,x:655,y:679,w:572,h:17},
{t:"whom he later married. Adam is their son...",p:8,x:655,y:709,w:403,h:17},
{t:"Was it in Sicily?",p:8,x:685,y:738,w:149,h:17},
{t:"You saw the photo then...  A bit daring, isn’t it? But I was",p:8,x:685,y:767,w:544,h:17},
{t:"totally in love... 40 years has passed and it’s still hurting.  I",p:8,x:655,y:796,w:574,h:17},
{t:"have never forgiven Adam’s mother...",p:8,x:655,y:825,w:343,h:17},
{t:"Did you know her before?",p:8,x:685,y:854,w:237,h:17},
{t:"She is my sister.",p:8,x:685,y:884,w:152,h:17},
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{t:"the right time",p:9,x:693,y:551,w:124,h:17},
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{t:"Christ, an Optimist ?",p:9,x:90,y:109,w:354,h:55},
{t:"Christ, an Optimist ?",p:9,x:90,y:108,w:354,h:55},
{t:"Christ, an Optimist ?",p:9,x:90,y:109,w:354,h:55},
{t:"     by Miloš Petrovic",p:9,x:90,y:224,w:203,h:18},
{t:"translation by Natalija Grgorinic & Ognjen Raðen",p:9,x:120,y:251,w:414,h:15},
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{t:"10",p:10,x:60,y:924,w:20,h:15},
{t:"honey",p:10,x:60,y:98,w:56,h:17},
{t:"great sax and rhythm section",p:10,x:60,y:125,w:266,h:17},
{t:"a big meal on a spring afternoon before wine",p:10,x:60,y:152,w:405,h:17},
{t:"a couple of hundred of miles on a deep purple harley",p:10,x:60,y:178,w:480,h:17},
{t:"a job you like and lots and lots of free time and good teeth is",p:10,x:60,y:205,w:554,h:17},
{t:"the only thing of value to us",p:10,x:60,y:232,w:255,h:17},
{t:"who taught us to lie? my",p:10,x:60,y:285,w:225,h:17},
{t:"son who spent but two years on this planet",p:10,x:60,y:312,w:393,h:17},
{t:"knows how to lie, who",p:10,x:60,y:338,w:203,h:17},
{t:"taught him how?",p:10,x:60,y:365,w:154,h:17},
{t:"no one but life",p:10,x:60,y:392,w:133,h:17},
{t:"itself, freedom, flesh-interstate to his mother",p:10,x:60,y:418,w:411,h:17},
{t:"(every initiative starts with personal engagement)",p:10,x:60,y:465,w:466,h:17},
{t:"yearn, people are not the same they are",p:10,x:59,y:518,w:359,h:17},
{t:"thoughtless and infectious not",p:10,x:59,y:545,w:281,h:17},
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{t:"great sax and rhythm section",p:10,x:59,y:725,w:266,h:17},
{t:"a big meal on a spring afternoon before wine",p:10,x:59,y:751,w:405,h:17},
{t:"a couple of hundred of miles on a deep purple harley",p:10,x:59,y:778,w:480,h:17},
{t:"a job you like and lots and lots of free time and good teeth",p:10,x:59,y:805,w:532,h:17},
{t:"inherited millions and cheroots, cuban",p:10,x:59,y:831,w:355,h:17},
{t:"princesses on hotrod hoods embracing seedy guerillas is",p:10,x:59,y:858,w:520,h:17},
{t:"the only thing of value to us",p:10,x:59,y:885,w:255,h:17},
{t:"for whom did we piss water and vinegar",p:10,x:655,y:99,w:359,h:17},
{t:"all truth-bearers of history were",p:10,x:655,y:125,w:290,h:17},
{t:"burned by the state or church",p:10,x:655,y:152,w:272,h:17},
{t:"fuck ‘em",p:10,x:655,y:179,w:78,h:17},
{t:"why not curse why",p:10,x:655,y:232,w:170,h:17},
{t:"not smoke why",p:10,x:655,y:259,w:138,h:17},
{t:"not run and why",p:10,x:655,y:285,w:149,h:17},
{t:"wash hands?",p:10,x:655,y:312,w:119,h:17},
{t:"isn’t washing hands of this or that",p:10,x:655,y:339,w:313,h:17},
{t:"their usual occupation?",p:10,x:655,y:365,w:218,h:17},
{t:"pardon me, but fuck ‘em",p:10,x:655,y:392,w:223,h:17},
{t:"who stuck us with dope and obsessive media who",p:10,x:655,y:445,w:454,h:17},
{t:"sticks us with the rifle every now and then who",p:10,x:655,y:472,w:431,h:17},
{t:"was it that sells us",p:10,x:655,y:499,w:171,h:17},
{t:"prunes for plumes",p:10,x:655,y:525,w:167,h:17},
{t:"who?",p:10,x:655,y:552,w:48,h:17},
{t:"no, no we",p:10,x:655,y:605,w:87,h:17},
{t:"who foretell, we are",p:10,x:655,y:632,w:177,h:17},
{t:"marginal, ragged",p:10,x:655,y:659,w:151,h:17},
{t:"drunks",p:10,x:655,y:685,w:66,h:17},
{t:"junkies",p:10,x:655,y:712,w:69,h:17},
{t:"saints-scrolls",p:10,x:655,y:739,w:124,h:17},
{t:"living our moment of crisis",p:10,x:655,y:765,w:246,h:17},
{t:"occasionally metering a rhyme",p:10,x:655,y:792,w:280,h:17},
{t:"having to pay for everything",p:10,x:655,y:819,w:252,h:17},
{t:"water, power, waste, hey, even waste",p:10,x:655,y:845,w:330,h:17},
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{t:"Expressions, A Literary Collection",p:11,x:401,y:31,w:512,h:43},
{t:"Expressions, A Literary Collection",p:11,x:401,y:31,w:512,h:43},
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{t:"11",p:11,x:1228,y:926,w:20,h:15},
{t:"you’re crazy enough to go",p:11,x:90,y:94,w:235,h:17},
{t:"live with your family in a",p:11,x:90,y:121,w:226,h:17},
{t:"lupine lair, generate",p:11,x:90,y:148,w:182,h:17},
{t:"your own power, wring out of",p:11,x:90,y:174,w:265,h:17},
{t:"earth your water, sneak out",p:11,x:90,y:201,w:251,h:17},
{t:"your own waste, snake out",p:11,x:90,y:228,w:244,h:17},
{t:"your own poison, knit your own cable to",p:11,x:90,y:254,w:368,h:17},
{t:"hang your ideas to dry",p:11,x:90,y:281,w:204,h:17},
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{t:"good literature",p:11,x:90,y:361,w:134,h:17},
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{t:"honey",p:11,x:90,y:414,w:56,h:17},
{t:"great sax and rhythm section",p:11,x:90,y:441,w:266,h:17},
{t:"a big meal on a spring afternoon before wine",p:11,x:90,y:468,w:405,h:17},
{t:"a couple of hundred of miles on a deep purple harley",p:11,x:90,y:494,w:480,h:17},
{t:"a job you like and lots and lots of free time and good teeth",p:11,x:90,y:521,w:532,h:17},
{t:"inherited millions and cheroots, cuban",p:11,x:90,y:548,w:355,h:17},
{t:"princesses on hotrod hoods embracing seedy guerillas",p:11,x:90,y:574,w:498,h:17},
{t:"a five bedroom town house: in brooklyn, los angeles,",p:11,x:90,y:601,w:481,h:17},
{t:"paris or dorcol, with five hundred square feet for a library with",p:11,x:90,y:628,w:570,h:17},
{t:"a view is",p:11,x:90,y:654,w:77,h:17},
{t:"the only thing of value to us",p:11,x:90,y:681,w:255,h:17},
{t:"whatever will they do when",p:11,x:90,y:734,w:246,h:17},
{t:"the entire population ends up in a",p:11,x:90,y:761,w:310,h:17},
{t:"witness protection program",p:11,x:90,y:788,w:251,h:17},
{t:"will we manage to cajole",p:11,x:90,y:814,w:221,h:17},
{t:"a tiniest smile from the frown of justice or a",p:11,x:90,y:841,w:401,h:17},
{t:"single tsk-tsk, i’m sure",p:11,x:90,y:868,w:211,h:17},
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{t:"her blindfold and find her (lucky) star in",p:11,x:684,y:122,w:368,h:17},
{t:"some other cabbage patch",p:11,x:684,y:149,w:238,h:17},
{t:"here, you officials of our unofficial life and",p:11,x:684,y:202,w:391,h:17},
{t:"its exhausts, let me",p:11,x:684,y:229,w:178,h:17},
{t:"shine your boots once more",p:11,x:684,y:255,w:255,h:17},
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{t:"great sax and rhythm section",p:11,x:684,y:415,w:266,h:17},
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{t:"a couple of hundred of miles on a deep purple harley",p:11,x:684,y:469,w:480,h:17},
{t:"a job you like and lots and lots of free time and good teeth",p:11,x:684,y:495,w:532,h:17},
{t:"inherited millions and cheroots, cuban",p:11,x:684,y:522,w:355,h:17},
{t:"princesses on hotrod hoods embracing seedy guerillas",p:11,x:684,y:549,w:498,h:17},
{t:"a five-bedroom town house: in brooklyn, los angeles,",p:11,x:684,y:575,w:482,h:17},
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{t:"loyal friends with whom always one can",p:11,x:684,y:655,w:362,h:17},
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{t:"the only thing of value to us",p:11,x:684,y:762,w:255,h:17},
{t:"my personality is lagging behind, so is",p:11,x:684,y:815,w:351,h:17},
{t:"my solution for risk",p:11,x:684,y:842,w:182,h:17},
{t:"Skyline Publications “Bringing The World Together Through The Arts”",p:12,x:391,y:927,w:591,h:15},
{t:"12",p:12,x:60,y:924,w:20,h:15},
{t:"Taylor Graham",p:12,x:655,y:163,w:178,h:21},
{t:"January",p:12,x:90,y:220,w:73,h:17},
{t:"slaps my face",p:12,x:90,y:247,w:123,h:17},
{t:"through the open door,",p:12,x:90,y:274,w:210,h:17},
{t:"howls, shrieks,",p:12,x:90,y:327,w:139,h:17},
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{t:"stares of old men's eyes.",p:12,x:90,y:407,w:225,h:17},
{t:"Frost-white this hoarclutch",p:12,x:90,y:434,w:249,h:17},
{t:"clambers, nips, bites.",p:12,x:90,y:460,w:195,h:17},
{t:"Anger iced in time,",p:12,x:90,y:513,w:172,h:17},
{t:"remains wrought iron,",p:12,x:90,y:540,w:203,h:17},
{t:"the stiffness of my Father's face.",p:12,x:90,y:593,w:299,h:17},
{t:"Let go, they said.",p:12,x:685,y:214,w:156,h:17},
{t:"They were tired of their shelves,",p:12,x:685,y:240,w:292,h:17},
{t:"I had no way to keep them.",p:12,x:685,y:265,w:245,h:17},
{t:"The man paid me small coins,",p:12,x:685,y:317,w:273,h:17},
{t:"Judas money, I thought,",p:12,x:685,y:342,w:221,h:17},
{t:"I’ve kissed away",p:12,x:685,y:368,w:146,h:17},
{t:"the blessing of all my books,",p:12,x:685,y:419,w:262,h:17},
{t:"they’ve died as words do.",p:12,x:685,y:445,w:228,h:17},
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{t:"them for money. It’s a bad",p:12,x:685,y:522,w:236,h:17},
{t:"business, these days.",p:12,x:685,y:548,w:196,h:17},
{t:"Those he can’t sell will end up",p:12,x:685,y:573,w:278,h:17},
{t:"homeless in shelters,",p:12,x:685,y:625,w:196,h:17},
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{t:"scatter to the ends of earth,",p:12,x:685,y:727,w:252,h:17},
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{t:"them behind veils and love",p:12,x:685,y:830,w:244,h:17},
{t:"them passionately beyond words,",p:12,x:685,y:856,w:304,h:17},
{t:"kissing each syllable.",p:12,x:685,y:881,w:196,h:17},
{t:"Fifty Y",p:12,x:655,y:96,w:125,h:55},
{t:"Fifty Y",p:12,x:655,y:95,w:125,h:55},
{t:"Fifty Years Of Bo",p:12,x:655,y:95,w:315,h:56},
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{t:"ears Of Bo",p:12,x:777,y:95,w:192,h:55},
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{t:"oks",p:12,x:967,y:96,w:48,h:55},
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{t:"January",p:12,x:60,y:95,w:137,h:55},
{t:"January",p:12,x:60,y:95,w:137,h:55},
{t:"Patty Mager",p:12,x:60,y:163,w:144,h:21},
{t:"Expressions, A Literary Collection",p:13,x:401,y:31,w:512,h:43},
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{t:"Expressions, A Literary Collection",p:13,x:400,y:31,w:512,h:43},
{t:"First Edition 2009",p:13,x:554,y:925,w:151,h:15},
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{t:"20 FREE",p:13,x:580,y:115,w:222,h:66},
{t:"Pamela A. MacBean",p:13,x:988,y:182,w:262,h:33},
{t:"It was a warm summer night. It was the 70’s. The stars shown",p:13,x:90,y:262,w:574,h:17},
{t:"brightly against the clear ebony sky. ",p:13,x:90,y:292,w:337,h:17},
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{t:"designs of their mini dresses had been carefully selected to glow",p:13,x:90,y:442,w:578,h:17},
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{t:"Sandy and Tina had met at their job as secretaries in a small",p:13,x:120,y:502,w:542,h:17},
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{t:"“Knights in White Satan” sparkled from the car stereo as",p:13,x:120,y:682,w:542,h:17},
{t:"they drove toward the Berlin Turnpike, the strip, where the neon",p:13,x:90,y:712,w:575,h:17},
{t:"signs blinked PIZZA!  HAMBURGS!  Waves of the sound of tires",p:13,x:90,y:742,w:573,h:17},
{t:"spinning, engines roaring ebbed and f lowed as glowing cars",p:13,x:90,y:772,w:572,h:17},
{t:"cruised the scene, street racers roared. ",p:13,x:90,y:802,w:381,h:17},
{t:" The smell of tires",p:13,x:481,y:802,w:177,h:17},
{t:"burning out, oil, and fast food permeated the air. ",p:13,x:90,y:832,w:450,h:17},
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{t:"off the concrete walls painted with rainbow colored peace signs",p:13,x:684,y:352,w:572,h:17},
{t:"and psychedelic murals.   The basement club was crammed with",p:13,x:684,y:382,w:576,h:17},
{t:"dancers, all seemingly vying for attention as to who could shak e,",p:13,x:684,y:412,w:575,h:17},
{t:"twirl, or bounce the sexiest.  Everyone seemed to be caught",p:13,x:684,y:442,w:572,h:17},
{t:"within the beat, fueled by caffeine highs from the Coca Cola, the",p:13,x:684,y:471,w:573,h:17},
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{t:"The paisley designs on Sandy’s purple mini-dress pulsated",p:13,x:714,y:531,w:544,h:17},
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{t:"That Girl hairdo",p:13,x:1100,y:561,w:157,h:17},
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{t:"beat of Chicago shimmered around the dancers.  She had been",p:13,x:684,y:621,w:574,h:17},
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{t:"Phone numbers were exchanged after the club closed at",p:13,x:714,y:831,w:535,h:17},
{t:"midnight.  She felt like she had fallen in love with Jonathan",p:13,x:684,y:861,w:574,h:17},
{t:"70’s romance with a confusing twist, based on a true story",p:13,x:90,y:193,w:538,h:17},
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{t:"14",p:14,x:60,y:924,w:20,h:15},
{t:"already.  As Sandy and Tina ran to the car laughing, it had started",p:14,x:60,y:97,w:580,h:17},
{t:"to rain suddenly, steam rising from the hot asphalt, making the",p:14,x:60,y:127,w:572,h:17},
{t:"black midnight seem almost mystical.  Their moods were dreamy",p:14,x:60,y:157,w:578,h:17},
{t:"as they pulled out of the parking lot, a song of the Moody Blue’s",p:14,x:60,y:187,w:575,h:17},
{t:"drifting out of the radio. ",p:14,x:60,y:217,w:224,h:17},
{t:"A year passed by like a blur of colors for Sandy and Jonathan. ",p:14,x:90,y:247,w:551,h:17},
{t:"She’d never experienced such things before Jonathan.  They’d",p:14,x:60,y:277,w:574,h:17},
{t:"gone to an outdoor concert at a local college.  Everyone had",p:14,x:60,y:307,w:574,h:17},
{t:"passed along a joint while the beat of a Santana song vibrated",p:14,x:60,y:337,w:572,h:17},
{t:"the hazy air.  Sandy wondered where the cops were. ",p:14,x:60,y:367,w:476,h:17},
{t:"She enjoyed their many trips to various lak",p:14,x:90,y:397,w:415,h:17},
{t:"es all over",p:14,x:530,y:397,w:98,h:17},
{t:"Connecticut in her cream colored Olds.  She’d wear her red,",p:14,x:60,y:427,w:574,h:17},
{t:"sleeveless granny dress over her bikini, her hair longer and",p:14,x:60,y:457,w:569,h:17},
{t:"blowing in the hot, summer winds. Their blanket would be an",p:14,x:60,y:487,w:574,h:17},
{t:"island of their happiness and love as they teased each other.",p:14,x:60,y:517,w:553,h:17},
{t:"While driving in Jonathan’ s beat up Porsche, his honey , she’d",p:14,x:90,y:547,w:545,h:17},
{t:"watch the joy on his face as he gripped the wheel in his black",p:14,x:60,y:577,w:573,h:17},
{t:"driving gloves, and his scarf blowing backwards in the rush of",p:14,x:60,y:607,w:572,h:17},
{t:"air from the broken window.",p:14,x:60,y:637,w:258,h:17},
{t:"One sultry summer evening, Jonathan had taken them to a",p:14,x:90,y:667,w:544,h:17},
{t:"drive-in to see a double feature.  One of the movies playing was",p:14,x:60,y:697,w:573,h:17},
{t:"“The Christine Jorgensen Story” The first man to become a",p:14,x:60,y:727,w:573,h:17},
{t:"woman which wasn’t really true, but the most celebrated.  Sandy",p:14,x:60,y:757,w:575,h:17},
{t:"had found the story interesting but didn’t think that much of it. ",p:14,x:60,y:787,w:571,h:17},
{t:"Jonathan had been very excited to see the movie.  After the film",p:14,x:60,y:817,w:575,h:17},
{t:"he had asked her if she liked the story of the triumph of the man",p:14,x:60,y:847,w:574,h:17},
{t:"who needed to be a woman and had f elt like that since his",p:14,x:60,y:877,w:572,h:17},
{t:"childhood.  She’d shrugged.  “Yes, it was an interesting story,",p:14,x:655,y:97,w:574,h:17},
{t:"for sure.” ",p:14,x:655,y:127,w:91,h:17},
{t:"One afternoon, Jonathan and Sandy were over her house in",p:14,x:685,y:157,w:544,h:17},
{t:"Meriden playing cards with her brother. ",p:14,x:655,y:187,w:367,h:17},
{t:"Her parents had gone shopping so they could all talk openly",p:14,x:685,y:217,w:542,h:17},
{t:"with each other about ways to party and have fun.  Jonathan",p:14,x:655,y:247,w:574,h:17},
{t:"asked Richard if he wanted him to buy him a case of beer. Her",p:14,x:655,y:277,w:574,h:17},
{t:"brother, 17, drank often but this wasn’t known by her parents. ",p:14,x:655,y:307,w:574,h:17},
{t:"Richard had smiled widely and said, “Sure!”  He liked this new",p:14,x:655,y:337,w:574,h:17},
{t:"boyfriend. ",p:14,x:655,y:367,w:97,h:17},
{t:"After their card game was done, Sandy and Jonathan drove",p:14,x:685,y:397,w:542,h:17},
{t:"down to the tiny grocery store at the bottom of the hill.  They",p:14,x:655,y:427,w:574,h:17},
{t:"bought a large bag of Wise potato chips and a case of beer .  When",p:14,x:655,y:457,w:574,h:17},
{t:"they got home, Jonathan handed the case of beer to Richard",p:14,x:655,y:487,w:572,h:17},
{t:"while they were in the front yard.  Sandy’s parents drove up.",p:14,x:655,y:517,w:573,h:17},
{t:"They saw Richard running into the house with his case of beer. ",p:14,x:655,y:547,w:573,h:17},
{t:"Her father got out of the car and walked up to Jonathan, “What",p:14,x:655,y:577,w:573,h:17},
{t:"in the hell do you think you are doing?!”",p:14,x:655,y:607,w:371,h:17},
{t:"“I – uh – bought Richard some beer.” ",p:14,x:685,y:637,w:341,h:17},
{t:"Turning redder in the face, his veins bulging in his neck,",p:14,x:685,y:667,w:543,h:17},
{t:"Sandy’s father blasted Jonathan with his anger. The fight grew",p:14,x:655,y:697,w:574,h:17},
{t:"louder and louder.  Jonathan swore at her father.  Sandy looked",p:14,x:655,y:727,w:574,h:17},
{t:"helplessly at her mother, then she heard, “Get out of this yard. ",p:14,x:655,y:757,w:572,h:17},
{t:"You are no longer allowed at our home!”  Her father stomped",p:14,x:655,y:787,w:574,h:17},
{t:"angrily into the house, slamming the metal screen door.",p:14,x:655,y:817,w:514,h:17},
{t:"Sandy and Jonathan took off in her Olds and went down to",p:14,x:685,y:847,w:543,h:17},
{t:"the local doughnut shop.  She felt weak and confused but was",p:14,x:655,y:877,w:573,h:17},
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{t:"determined to take Jonathan’s side.  As they sat down to a small",p:15,x:90,y:97,w:575,h:17},
{t:"red table, Richard squealed into the parking lot with his red",p:15,x:90,y:127,w:573,h:17},
{t:"Mustang convertible.  He came in and sat down with them. ",p:15,x:90,y:157,w:539,h:17},
{t:"They all talked at once.  A bleached blonde waitress came to",p:15,x:120,y:187,w:543,h:17},
{t:"take their order. ",p:15,x:90,y:217,w:152,h:17},
{t:"“I got the hell out of there.  You know dad, Sandy, he’ll knock",p:15,x:120,y:247,w:545,h:17},
{t:"my teeth out or something.”  Richard drummed his fingers on",p:15,x:90,y:277,w:574,h:17},
{t:"the coffee stained table.",p:15,x:90,y:307,w:218,h:17},
{t:"“Oh God, what do I do?  I am almost 21 and he treats me like",p:15,x:120,y:337,w:544,h:17},
{t:"a child.  I don’t want to go back there either.  It will be awful. ",p:15,x:90,y:367,w:575,h:17},
{t:"He’ll smack me, I know.”  She clutched the hot coffee that she",p:15,x:90,y:397,w:574,h:17},
{t:"had ordered; the steam disappeared into the air-conditioned air.",p:15,x:90,y:427,w:575,h:17},
{t:"Jonathan put his hand over hers.  “You can come and live",p:15,x:120,y:457,w:543,h:17},
{t:"with me, honey.”",p:15,x:90,y:487,w:153,h:17},
{t:"Sandy hadn’t thought of that, but she’d never done anything",p:15,x:120,y:517,w:541,h:17},
{t:"like this before.  It frightened her some, but she decided she",p:15,x:90,y:547,w:573,h:17},
{t:"would.  It was better than going back home to a certain beating",p:15,x:90,y:577,w:572,h:17},
{t:"with mother wringing her hands, “Joseph, stop!  Joseph, stop!” ",p:15,x:90,y:607,w:573,h:17},
{t:"He never did.",p:15,x:90,y:637,w:119,h:17},
{t:"That night she moved her clothes out, into her cream colored",p:15,x:120,y:667,w:549,h:17},
{t:"Olds and drove off into a new life. ",p:15,x:90,y:697,w:312,h:17},
{t:"Her Mother had begged her to stay home.  It felt powerful to",p:15,x:120,y:727,w:544,h:17},
{t:"walk away from her father.  It was her decision to be with the",p:15,x:90,y:757,w:574,h:17},
{t:"man she loved, no matter what her f amily thought of him.  Finally",p:15,x:90,y:787,w:575,h:17},
{t:"out of that house!",p:15,x:90,y:817,w:162,h:17},
{t:"Cooking and cleaning felt so enjoyable in their little place,",p:15,x:120,y:847,w:543,h:17},
{t:"an efficiency apartment in New Britain. They slept on a dull",p:15,x:90,y:877,w:572,h:17},
{t:"mustard colored pull-out couch.  In the morning’ s she made eggs,",p:15,x:684,y:97,w:578,h:17},
{t:"toast and coffee in their tiny kitchen.  She enjoyed cleaning up",p:15,x:684,y:127,w:573,h:17},
{t:"after; wiping the sink clean, the counters and placing the dish",p:15,x:684,y:157,w:572,h:17},
{t:"rag back over the faucet as she had in cooking class in high",p:15,x:684,y:187,w:573,h:17},
{t:"school. ",p:15,x:684,y:217,w:72,h:17},
{t:"Her mother never let her do any of the cooking nor the ironing",p:15,x:714,y:247,w:555,h:17},
{t:"nor the laundry.  Sandy was pretty green at all of this.",p:15,x:684,y:277,w:490,h:17},
{t:"Sandy worked at a local high-rise inn as a receptionist and",p:15,x:714,y:307,w:542,h:17},
{t:"he at a Catholic hospital prepping patients for surgery.  He’d",p:15,x:684,y:337,w:575,h:17},
{t:"come home with strange stories about his escapades there that",p:15,x:684,y:367,w:571,h:17},
{t:"had made her uncomfortable, mentioning crude things about",p:15,x:684,y:397,w:572,h:17},
{t:"some of the patients.  He told her that he wanted to be a doctor",p:15,x:684,y:427,w:572,h:17},
{t:"someday and needed to finish his schooling.  She knew that",p:15,x:684,y:457,w:574,h:17},
{t:"he’d taken some courses to be a male nurse.",p:15,x:684,y:487,w:409,h:17},
{t:"One late summer evening Jonathan was home when she came",p:15,x:714,y:517,w:555,h:17},
{t:"back from work.  He said that he’d been fired.  He’d gotten angry",p:15,x:684,y:547,w:575,h:17},
{t:"with some of the nuns and had smashed things around.  Sandy",p:15,x:684,y:577,w:574,h:17},
{t:"cringed. ",p:15,x:684,y:607,w:79,h:17},
{t:"Does this guy have an anger problem? Sandy threw her purse",p:15,x:714,y:637,w:550,h:17},
{t:"on the couch and went into the kitchen to start making supper",p:15,x:684,y:667,w:571,h:17},
{t:"to take her mind off of it.  He’d look for another job the next day",p:15,x:684,y:697,w:573,h:17},
{t:"he had said.",p:15,x:684,y:727,w:110,h:17},
{t:"The days were getting shorter, the leaves turning scarlet on",p:15,x:714,y:757,w:543,h:17},
{t:"some of the trees surrounding their apartment.  One blazing",p:15,x:684,y:787,w:574,h:17},
{t:"sun-soak ed day in particular she knew that she’d always",p:15,x:684,y:817,w:545,h:17},
{t:"remember.  They had gone shopping at a department store. ",p:15,x:684,y:847,w:571,h:17},
{t:"Jonathan said that they were going to pick out a dress for his",p:15,x:684,y:877,w:572,h:17},
{t:"Skyline Publications “Bringing The World Together Through The Arts”",p:16,x:391,y:927,w:591,h:15},
{t:"16",p:16,x:60,y:924,w:20,h:15},
{t:"niece in New York.  He had been born in Schenectady.  They",p:16,x:60,y:97,w:574,h:17},
{t:"were going to drive up there later that month to meet his parents",p:16,x:60,y:127,w:577,h:17},
{t:"and family.   Jonathan wanted her opinion on the dress.  The",p:16,x:60,y:157,w:575,h:17},
{t:"dress that he’d settled on was all white cotton with a lot of lace",p:16,x:60,y:187,w:571,h:17},
{t:"and frills.  Sandy thought that his niece must be pretty tall and",p:16,x:60,y:217,w:573,h:17},
{t:"large because the dress was huge.  She wrinkled her nose.  She",p:16,x:60,y:247,w:574,h:17},
{t:"had said that she liked it, but she didn’t really.  Jonathan had",p:16,x:60,y:277,w:574,h:17},
{t:"been all excited about it.",p:16,x:60,y:307,w:224,h:17},
{t:"That night while lying on the couch watching television,",p:16,x:90,y:337,w:536,h:17},
{t:"Jonathan had jumped up and said that he had a surprise for",p:16,x:60,y:367,w:572,h:17},
{t:"her.  He ran into their walk-in closet almost giggling, Sandy",p:16,x:60,y:397,w:569,h:17},
{t:"thought.  Suddenly she heard, “How do I look?”   She turned,",p:16,x:60,y:427,w:574,h:17},
{t:"gasped and saw him leaning against the wall with the white dress",p:16,x:60,y:457,w:580,h:17},
{t:"on, a long brown wig, nylons and heels on.",p:16,x:60,y:487,w:389,h:17},
{t:"I think I am going to die.  Is this a joke?  I hope it’s a joke?!",p:16,x:90,y:517,w:544,h:17},
{t:"Jonathan walked slowly toward her.  She wanted to run but felt",p:16,x:60,y:547,w:575,h:17},
{t:"frozen to the couch as she stared at this man she loved.  Why",p:16,x:60,y:577,w:574,h:17},
{t:"didn’t I see this coming?",p:16,x:60,y:607,w:225,h:17},
{t:"“Could we make love, honey?”  He purred.",p:16,x:90,y:637,w:386,h:17},
{t:"“In that?”  She said, and looked up at his mouth with red",p:16,x:90,y:667,w:543,h:17},
{t:"lipstick.",p:16,x:60,y:697,w:74,h:17},
{t:"“Yes.  Kind of kinky, huh?”  He grinned.",p:16,x:90,y:727,w:367,h:17},
{t:"“Uh, yeah.  I – uh – don’t know ,” she stammered.  Sandy didn’t",p:16,x:90,y:757,w:547,h:17},
{t:"know what else to say as he floated nearer to her.  Jonathan",p:16,x:60,y:787,w:574,h:17},
{t:"wanted her to take his clothes off.  Well, that’s good, anyway.",p:16,x:60,y:817,w:575,h:17},
{t:"Then I won’t have to look at this weird getup. She thought maybe",p:16,x:60,y:847,w:578,h:17},
{t:"this was a one time thing.  She hoped it was a one time thing. ",p:16,x:60,y:877,w:573,h:17},
{t:"As she peeled off the horrid white dress she felt herself floating",p:16,x:655,y:97,w:574,h:17},
{t:"away somewhere else.  I am a woman! She screamed within her",p:16,x:655,y:127,w:573,h:17},
{t:"head and then went to another place in her mind.",p:16,x:655,y:157,w:450,h:17},
{t:"After he’d fallen asleep, Sandy ran into the bathroom and",p:16,x:685,y:187,w:541,h:17},
{t:"locked the door.  She noticed around the bathroom the shaving",p:16,x:655,y:217,w:572,h:17},
{t:"cream and the pink razor.  I do love him, but this is too much! ",p:16,x:655,y:247,w:574,h:17},
{t:"Maybe if I talk to him tomorrow, I can tell him that I don’t like",p:16,x:660,y:277,w:567,h:17},
{t:"this kind of thing and he’ll back off. But then she remembered",p:16,x:655,y:307,w:573,h:17},
{t:"Christine Jorgensen.  Oh my God! Sandy turned the shower on. ",p:16,x:655,y:337,w:573,h:17},
{t:"She cried and shook in the steamy bathroom.  What do I do?",p:16,x:655,y:367,w:574,h:17},
{t:"She stayed in the bathroom all night, staring at the green tiles",p:16,x:655,y:397,w:571,h:17},
{t:"blotched with mildew.  It was if she’d downed ten cups of coffee. ",p:16,x:655,y:427,w:573,h:17},
{t:"She was totally wired.",p:16,x:655,y:457,w:199,h:17},
{t:"When she looked down at her watch, she saw that it was 5:00",p:16,x:685,y:487,w:544,h:17},
{t:"am.  She slowly, quietly, unlocked the door and when she saw",p:16,x:655,y:517,w:574,h:17},
{t:"Jonathan still sleeping, she cra wled back into bed.  But she didn’t",p:16,x:655,y:547,w:578,h:17},
{t:"cuddle up to him like she usually did.  She’d have to go to work",p:16,x:655,y:577,w:573,h:17},
{t:"soon.  Maybe he’d sleep in and she wouldn’t have to deal with it",p:16,x:655,y:607,w:572,h:17},
{t:"till the evening.  They’d talk.",p:16,x:655,y:637,w:261,h:17},
{t:"Sandy was able to get ready for work and leave without waking",p:16,x:685,y:667,w:556,h:17},
{t:"Jonathan up.  It was hard to concentrate that day and a few of",p:16,x:655,y:697,w:574,h:17},
{t:"her co-workers said that she looked pale and was she ill?  Who",p:16,x:655,y:727,w:574,h:17},
{t:"was this man that she was in love with? She hadn’t really known",p:16,x:655,y:757,w:576,h:17},
{t:"him.  Shame made her f eel ill, but not the kind that people usually",p:16,x:655,y:787,w:586,h:17},
{t:"took off a day of work for. ",p:16,x:655,y:817,w:239,h:17},
{t:"But she couldn’t do it.  That evening Jonathan seemed",p:16,x:685,y:847,w:532,h:17},
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{t:"There were even candles.  Sandy decided to talk about it later. ",p:17,x:90,y:97,w:574,h:17},
{t:"She sat down as he poured her some cheap red wine and put a",p:17,x:90,y:127,w:572,h:17},
{t:"steak on her plate.  Her stomach didn’t want to eat but he had",p:17,x:90,y:157,w:572,h:17},
{t:"gone to all this trouble to impress her.  “I want to talk about",p:17,x:90,y:187,w:573,h:17},
{t:"something with you, Sandy.”  Jonathan said quietly. “It seemed",p:17,x:90,y:217,w:574,h:17},
{t:"as if last night made you uncomfortable.  Did it?”",p:17,x:90,y:247,w:452,h:17},
{t:"Oh man.  Here it comes. Sandy put down her fork and wiped",p:17,x:120,y:277,w:543,h:17},
{t:"her mouth with the pretty napkin he had bought.  “Um, yes,",p:17,x:90,y:307,w:574,h:17},
{t:"Jonathan.  I really didn’t like it at all.  I do love you, Hon, but I",p:17,x:90,y:337,w:573,h:17},
{t:"just can’t do that again. ",p:17,x:90,y:367,w:236,h:17},
{t:" Never.  Never.”   Sandy looked at",p:17,x:335,y:367,w:327,h:17},
{t:"Jonathan’s sad face and felt terrible.  “I just can’t.”",p:17,x:90,y:397,w:467,h:17},
{t:"She thought that Jonathan would cry.  He looked at her and",p:17,x:120,y:427,w:544,h:17},
{t:"touched her hand softly.  “You know.  I have been thinking of",p:17,x:90,y:457,w:573,h:17},
{t:"asking you to marry me, but, now, I don’t know.”",p:17,x:90,y:487,w:446,h:17},
{t:"Sandy blinked.  She hadn’t been expecting that.  “Oh,” was",p:17,x:120,y:517,w:544,h:17},
{t:"all that she managed to say.",p:17,x:90,y:547,w:255,h:17},
{t:"“And because I love you so much, I promise I will not act like",p:17,x:120,y:577,w:545,h:17},
{t:"that again because I need you, Sandy, and we make a good pair,",p:17,x:90,y:607,w:575,h:17},
{t:"don’t you think?”  He tried to smile. ",p:17,x:90,y:637,w:336,h:17},
{t:"Sandy whispered, “But will you be able to, uh, stop?  Have",p:17,x:120,y:667,w:544,h:17},
{t:"you had this, uh, thing with woman’s clothes for a while?”",p:17,x:90,y:697,w:534,h:17},
{t:"“Well, yes, but since I now know that it bothers you, I, again,",p:17,x:120,y:727,w:542,h:17},
{t:"promise you, Sandy, that I will not do it anymore and will get",p:17,x:90,y:757,w:572,h:17},
{t:"some counseling, okay?  And I will look harder for a job.  I wanted",p:17,x:90,y:787,w:576,h:17},
{t:"something in a doctor’s office, but I’ll just take anything to keep",p:17,x:90,y:817,w:574,h:17},
{t:"us going.”",p:17,x:90,y:847,w:92,h:17},
{t:"Sandy wanted to believe him.  It was her choice.  She loved",p:17,x:120,y:877,w:544,h:17},
{t:"him so much.  She decided to trust him.  If he broke his promise,",p:17,x:684,y:97,w:576,h:17},
{t:"she’d have to leave.  To go back home was not a pleasant option,",p:17,x:684,y:127,w:573,h:17},
{t:"but she’d move into her own place as soon as she could. ",p:17,x:684,y:157,w:520,h:17},
{t:"She took his other hand and put it on her cheek. “I will trust",p:17,x:714,y:187,w:541,h:17},
{t:"you, Jonathan.  I will.  Please don’t make me do something I do",p:17,x:684,y:217,w:573,h:17},
{t:"not want to do.”  Tears spilled from her eyes.  “I love you.  And I",p:17,x:684,y:247,w:574,h:17},
{t:"will think about marrying you.  I will give you an answer very",p:17,x:684,y:277,w:573,h:17},
{t:"soon.”",p:17,x:684,y:307,w:59,h:17},
{t:"Jonathan smiled.  They both finished eating, drinking more",p:17,x:714,y:337,w:543,h:17},
{t:"wine and both crashing on the couch that Friday evening. ",p:17,x:684,y:367,w:518,h:17},
{t:"   Sandy",p:17,x:1191,y:367,w:69,h:17},
{t:"felt so relieved and safe once more. ",p:17,x:684,y:397,w:328,h:17},
{t:"Weeks, months spun by, love weaving her closer and closer",p:17,x:714,y:427,w:543,h:17},
{t:"to Jonathan.  She decided to tell Jonathan that she would marry",p:17,x:684,y:457,w:575,h:17},
{t:"him.  They’d have to elope because she wasn’t quite 21 yet. ",p:17,x:684,y:487,w:575,h:17},
{t:"They’d make a plan tonight. ",p:17,x:684,y:517,w:259,h:17},
{t:"It was a Friday evening.  The leaves had fallen off the trees",p:17,x:714,y:547,w:544,h:17},
{t:"and naked branches whipped at their window as a storm was",p:17,x:684,y:577,w:572,h:17},
{t:"passing through.  The lights flickered off and on.  Sandy lit some",p:17,x:684,y:607,w:576,h:17},
{t:"of their scented candles just in case.  That’ll make the mood",p:17,x:684,y:637,w:574,h:17},
{t:"just right. She smiled to herself.",p:17,x:684,y:667,w:296,h:17},
{t:"After Sandy had told Jonathan that she would marry him. ",p:17,x:714,y:697,w:543,h:17},
{t:"He had kept his promise. He hugged her and started jumping up",p:17,x:684,y:727,w:573,h:17},
{t:"and down.  Sandy laughed and ran around the apartment chasing",p:17,x:684,y:757,w:582,h:17},
{t:"him in a mock game of tag.  He threw her on the couch.  “Ah, my",p:17,x:684,y:787,w:574,h:17},
{t:"dah-ling,” he said in a silly voice, “we vill leave on the morrow, if",p:17,x:684,y:817,w:574,h:17},
{t:"you wish.”",p:17,x:684,y:847,w:96,h:17},
{t:"In the early morning, Sandy and Jonathan were of",p:17,x:714,y:877,w:479,h:17},
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{t:"Richmond, Virginia to get a marriage license and get married. ",p:18,x:60,y:97,w:573,h:17},
{t:"Jonathan’s lawyer had said that Virginia would marry people",p:18,x:60,y:127,w:573,h:17},
{t:"under 21 without their parent’s consent.  Sandy wondered to",p:18,x:60,y:157,w:573,h:17},
{t:"herself why Jonathan had a lawyer.  She hadn’t asked him.  She",p:18,x:60,y:187,w:574,h:17},
{t:"was too happy to think about complications.  She was to be a",p:18,x:60,y:217,w:574,h:17},
{t:"married woman!  Jonathan’ s wife!  Sandy smiled inwardly",p:18,x:60,y:247,w:563,h:17},
{t:"thinking of the blue filmy long nightgown she had bought for",p:18,x:60,y:277,w:572,h:17},
{t:"their wedding night. ",p:18,x:60,y:307,w:188,h:17},
{t:"She hoped that Jonathan would like it.",p:18,x:90,y:337,w:355,h:17},
{t:"Cities, trees, long stretches of lonely highway flew by.  The",p:18,x:90,y:367,w:544,h:17},
{t:"weather cooperated nicely and the Olds had cooperated.  It had",p:18,x:60,y:397,w:574,h:17},
{t:"lately had a tune-up.  She was glad that she had done that last",p:18,x:60,y:427,w:573,h:17},
{t:"week.  Richmond came into view , but they didn’t want to go sight-",p:18,x:60,y:457,w:580,h:17},
{t:"seeing.  They were going straight to the courthouse.",p:18,x:60,y:487,w:475,h:17},
{t:"Somehow they found the large, imposing building as they",p:18,x:90,y:517,w:542,h:17},
{t:"drove around and around, finally asking someone where it was. ",p:18,x:60,y:547,w:572,h:17},
{t:"As they turned into the parking lot, Sandy felt her stomach",p:18,x:60,y:577,w:573,h:17},
{t:"growl.  They hadn’t eaten in a while.",p:18,x:60,y:607,w:329,h:17},
{t:"They tightly held hands as they climbed the high, stone",p:18,x:90,y:637,w:534,h:17},
{t:"stairway.  Once inside they asked a clerk where to go.  Sandy",p:18,x:60,y:667,w:574,h:17},
{t:"held her driver’s license in her sweaty hand.  Jonathan clutched",p:18,x:60,y:697,w:574,h:17},
{t:"his tightly.  A gray-haired woman smiled at them as they came",p:18,x:60,y:727,w:572,h:17},
{t:"in.  “May I help you?” ",p:18,x:60,y:757,w:202,h:17},
{t:"Jonathan stepped up to the counter and they both handed",p:18,x:90,y:787,w:542,h:17},
{t:"her their ID’s.  “We’d like to apply for a marriage license,”",p:18,x:60,y:817,w:563,h:17},
{t:"Jonathan said, wiping his forehead which was shiny with",p:18,x:60,y:847,w:545,h:17},
{t:"perspiration. ",p:18,x:60,y:877,w:123,h:17},
{t:"The clerk look",p:18,x:685,y:97,w:139,h:17},
{t:"ed up suddenly",p:18,x:835,y:97,w:145,h:17},
{t:".  A frown wrinkled her",p:18,x:990,y:97,w:222,h:17},
{t:"forehead.  “I’m sorry I cannot give you a marriage license.  You",p:18,x:655,y:127,w:574,h:17},
{t:"both have to be 21.”",p:18,x:655,y:157,w:182,h:17},
{t:"“But –”Jonathan said and tried to stand up taller .  “My lawyer",p:18,x:685,y:187,w:544,h:17},
{t:"said that we could get married in this state even if Sandy is",p:18,x:655,y:217,w:572,h:17},
{t:"under 21.”",p:18,x:655,y:247,w:96,h:17},
{t:"“I don’t know anything about that, young man, but it is the",p:18,x:685,y:277,w:541,h:17},
{t:"law.  Besides there are blood tests that are required also.”  She",p:18,x:655,y:307,w:574,h:17},
{t:"handed them back their licenses. ",p:18,x:655,y:337,w:309,h:17},
{t:"Jonathan took Sandy’s hand and pulled her out of the office,",p:18,x:685,y:367,w:544,h:17},
{t:"down the stairs, and back into the car. ",p:18,x:655,y:397,w:357,h:17},
{t:"They just sat there for a few moments and she began to cry. ",p:18,x:685,y:427,w:543,h:17},
{t:"“I just can’t believe it, Jonathan.  We drove all this way!!!”  She",p:18,x:655,y:457,w:574,h:17},
{t:"wailed.  Jonathan pulled her to him.",p:18,x:655,y:487,w:330,h:17},
{t:"“We’ll figure this out, Sandy.  I guess we have to go back to",p:18,x:685,y:517,w:543,h:17},
{t:"Connecticut and find another place to get married.”",p:18,x:655,y:547,w:470,h:17},
{t:"“I don’t want another place.  Besides I am hungry also.”  She",p:18,x:685,y:577,w:544,h:17},
{t:"was irritated with him.  “Your lawyer was wrong, wrong, wrong.”",p:18,x:655,y:607,w:573,h:17},
{t:"“Okay.  Okay.  We’ll get something to eat and find a place to",p:18,x:685,y:637,w:544,h:17},
{t:"stay for the night and leave in the morning.",p:18,x:655,y:667,w:394,h:17},
{t:"They found a hotel after they had woofed down some burgers",p:18,x:685,y:697,w:544,h:17},
{t:"and fries.  Sandy climbed the wide red carpeted staircase and",p:18,x:655,y:727,w:573,h:17},
{t:"looked around at the stained, peeling wallpaper and sighed. This",p:18,x:655,y:757,w:575,h:17},
{t:"is not how I thought it would be. Jonathan turned the key in",p:18,x:655,y:787,w:574,h:17},
{t:"10B and opened the squeaky brown wooden door.",p:18,x:655,y:817,w:453,h:17},
{t:"They looked at the yellowed draperies hanging haphazardly",p:18,x:685,y:847,w:542,h:17},
{t:"on the rods; the bedspread had two holes in it.  The room smelled",p:18,x:655,y:877,w:577,h:17},
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{t:"musty and unused.   ”Well, I hope at least the bathroom is",p:19,x:90,y:97,w:565,h:17},
{t:"decent,” Sandy wanted to take a very long bath.   She was very",p:19,x:90,y:127,w:574,h:17},
{t:"glad that she’d brought her lilac bubble bath.  That would soothe",p:19,x:90,y:157,w:576,h:17},
{t:"her aching emotions and body.",p:19,x:90,y:187,w:282,h:17},
{t:"Jonathan wanted to tak e a shower first, and as Sandy watched",p:19,x:120,y:217,w:549,h:17},
{t:"the ancient television, General ",p:19,x:90,y:247,w:297,h:17},
{t:"Hospital came on.  She got",p:19,x:399,y:247,w:262,h:17},
{t:"absorbed in the story, cried a little bit, and munched on some",p:19,x:90,y:277,w:573,h:17},
{t:"crackers they had bought as Jonathan finally came out of the",p:19,x:90,y:307,w:573,h:17},
{t:"bathroom.  She laughed, “Boy, Jonathan, you are as bad as a",p:19,x:90,y:337,w:573,h:17},
{t:"woman.  Hee. Hee.”  Then she caught herself.  Oh great, that",p:19,x:90,y:367,w:574,h:17},
{t:"was stupid to say. She turned around to apologize to him when",p:19,x:90,y:397,w:572,h:17},
{t:"she saw him dressed in her long filmy blue nightgown.  She",p:19,x:90,y:427,w:574,h:17},
{t:"wanted to run but there was no place to go. ",p:19,x:90,y:457,w:429,h:17},
{t:" It would be",p:19,x:543,y:457,w:114,h:17},
{t:"frightening to drive around this city by herself.  Trembling she",p:19,x:90,y:487,w:574,h:17},
{t:"said, “Jonathan!  You promised!” ",p:19,x:90,y:517,w:308,h:17},
{t:"Jonathan glared at her, “You said that you loved me, Sandy. ",p:19,x:120,y:547,w:543,h:17},
{t:"If you loved me you would accept all of me. This part too!”  His",p:19,x:90,y:577,w:572,h:17},
{t:"voice was rising higher and higher, “And I heard you crying at",p:19,x:90,y:607,w:573,h:17},
{t:"that soap, well, you couldn’t be a doctor’s wife anyway.  You",p:19,x:90,y:637,w:575,h:17},
{t:"couldn’t take it!”",p:19,x:90,y:667,w:154,h:17},
{t:"“What the hell are you talking about, Jonathan!?  That was",p:19,x:120,y:697,w:544,h:17},
{t:"just a stupid show!”  Sandy stood up. ",p:19,x:90,y:727,w:347,h:17},
{t:"She almost wanted to punch him, but thought better of it",p:19,x:120,y:757,w:541,h:17},
{t:"because maybe he’d punch her back.",p:19,x:90,y:787,w:337,h:17},
{t:"“We’re not getting married, Sandy.  If you can’t accept me as",p:19,x:120,y:817,w:543,h:17},
{t:"I am, forget it.  I thought maybe that you would change your",p:19,x:90,y:847,w:572,h:17},
{t:"mind.”  Jonathan ripped off the nightgown. ",p:19,x:90,y:877,w:400,h:17},
{t:"Sandy watched as the pieces floated to the dirty tan carpet. ",p:19,x:714,y:97,w:543,h:17},
{t:"She ran into the bathroom and slammed the door.  Oh boy.  Oh",p:19,x:684,y:127,w:575,h:17},
{t:"boy. She looked out the window of the bathroom at the beautiful",p:19,x:684,y:157,w:574,h:17},
{t:"foliage and warm day but ice seemed to grip her heart.  I’ve had",p:19,x:684,y:187,w:575,h:17},
{t:"it! She started running the bath water, as hot as she could stand",p:19,x:684,y:217,w:574,h:17},
{t:"it and forget about the bubble bath.  She didn’t want to go back",p:19,x:684,y:247,w:573,h:17},
{t:"out there, just yet. ",p:19,x:684,y:277,w:186,h:17},
{t:" A door slammed. ",p:19,x:888,y:277,w:176,h:17},
{t:" He had gone out",p:19,x:1079,y:277,w:166,h:17},
{t:"somewhere.",p:19,x:684,y:307,w:109,h:17},
{t:"Jonathan came in later on that night.  Sandy was in bed",p:19,x:714,y:337,w:543,h:17},
{t:"hoping he wouldn’t climb in next to her.  He didn’t.  He grabbed",p:19,x:684,y:367,w:574,h:17},
{t:"a cover and slept on a chair near the door.  She didn’t sleep well",p:19,x:684,y:397,w:574,h:17},
{t:"that night, dreading the morning.",p:19,x:684,y:427,w:303,h:17},
{t:"But the next morning they were both quiet as they left the",p:19,x:714,y:457,w:541,h:17},
{t:"room.  Jonathan dragged their luggage down the stairs, bumping",p:19,x:684,y:487,w:579,h:17},
{t:"and thumping all the way.  The elevators weren’t working.  Of",p:19,x:684,y:517,w:575,h:17},
{t:"course.  As they got into the car, they both looked at each other,",p:19,x:684,y:547,w:575,h:17},
{t:"but didn’t say anything.  The drive home was quiet.  Sandy felt",p:19,x:684,y:577,w:575,h:17},
{t:"like throwing herself out of the car.  Everything seemed dead. ",p:19,x:684,y:607,w:574,h:17},
{t:"She felt dead.",p:19,x:684,y:637,w:124,h:17},
{t:"When they returned back to New Britain, Sandy and Jonathan",p:19,x:714,y:667,w:553,h:17},
{t:"still hadn’t talked.  Sandy kept wondering where to go if she left",p:19,x:684,y:697,w:573,h:17},
{t:"him.  She didn’t have enough money to have an apartment of",p:19,x:684,y:727,w:572,h:17},
{t:"her own she had discovered and she really didn’t want to return",p:19,x:684,y:757,w:571,h:17},
{t:"home. ",p:19,x:684,y:787,w:62,h:17},
{t:"As time passed, Jonathan and Sandy were more and more",p:19,x:714,y:817,w:542,h:17},
{t:"cordial to one another.  Sandy had asked Jonathan if she could",p:19,x:684,y:847,w:574,h:17},
{t:"stay for two more weeks while she looked for an apartment. ",p:19,x:684,y:877,w:574,h:17},
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{t:"That wasn’t true. She was just frightened.",p:20,x:60,y:97,w:389,h:17},
{t:"But meanwhile things were looking better at work.  Sandy",p:20,x:90,y:127,w:544,h:17},
{t:"had been developing a major crush on a new",p:20,x:60,y:157,w:405,h:17},
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{t:"decided it was time to break it off with Jonathan.  He’d begun",p:20,x:60,y:277,w:574,h:17},
{t:"saying he loved her again but every time they went out he’d flirt",p:20,x:60,y:307,w:574,h:17},
{t:"with other women in front of her.  She’d had it.  She’d just have",p:20,x:60,y:337,w:574,h:17},
{t:"to tough it out at home until she could save up enough money",p:20,x:60,y:367,w:571,h:17},
{t:"for a first month’s rent.",p:20,x:60,y:397,w:214,h:17},
{t:"Sandy called Jonathan from work, after having moved all her",p:20,x:90,y:427,w:542,h:17},
{t:"stuff out while he was out looking for work. She wondered if he",p:20,x:60,y:457,w:574,h:17},
{t:"really was. When he picked up the phone she said, “Jonathan. ",p:20,x:60,y:487,w:572,h:17},
{t:"I am leaving you.”",p:20,x:60,y:517,w:162,h:17},
{t:"“But I will kill myself!”  Jonathan yelled into the phone. ",p:20,x:90,y:547,w:546,h:17},
{t:"Where had that come from!",p:20,x:60,y:577,w:251,h:17},
{t:"“Just do it then!”  Sandy screamed, slamming down the",p:20,x:90,y:607,w:537,h:17},
{t:"receiver.",p:20,x:60,y:637,w:76,h:17},
{t:"Sandy did check the obituaries for a few weeks, worried that",p:20,x:90,y:667,w:543,h:17},
{t:"maybe he would do it, but as time moved on, the bartender had",p:20,x:60,y:697,w:572,h:17},
{t:"begun seeing her to her car after her shift was done.  She had",p:20,x:60,y:727,w:574,h:17},
{t:"told him that she was scared of her ex. Well, she was a little bit.",p:20,x:60,y:757,w:574,h:17},
{t:"It worked well and soon she and her older man were sharing a",p:20,x:60,y:787,w:572,h:17},
{t:"kiss in the front seat of her Olds.",p:20,x:60,y:817,w:302,h:17},
{t:"Agnostic fears believe faith is a",p:20,x:685,y:249,w:285,h:17},
{t:"Love not able to be torn from. The innocent",p:20,x:685,y:275,w:397,h:17},
{t:"Houses lined in the park deceive the",p:20,x:685,y:302,w:333,h:17},
{t:"Scripts written by a",p:20,x:685,y:329,w:178,h:17},
{t:"Homeless sensation. From coast to coast,",p:20,x:685,y:355,w:381,h:17},
{t:"To the avenues of sorrow, mistaken foods are sold on",p:20,x:685,y:382,w:486,h:17},
{t:"Circumstance, tattooing the sensitive",p:20,x:685,y:409,w:342,h:17},
{t:"Voices on the opposing spectrum. Abrasive pigtails send",p:20,x:685,y:435,w:515,h:17},
{t:"The ill fated intentions of souls suffering",p:20,x:685,y:462,w:376,h:17},
{t:"The harm to hurt. Informal attires of the poets sadness",p:20,x:685,y:489,w:502,h:17},
{t:"Is to forever confide in the hope of another. She",p:20,x:685,y:515,w:436,h:17},
{t:"Foreshadows the loss through the sensation of",p:20,x:685,y:542,w:429,h:17},
{t:"Desolate theories. Dripping from the pipes of my",p:20,x:685,y:569,w:444,h:17},
{t:"Stomach, burns are lathered with oils of hostile",p:20,x:685,y:595,w:435,h:17},
{t:"Scents. Thus Pain is cured with the flexible arm of",p:20,x:685,y:622,w:463,h:17},
{t:"A single-handed solitary aid. Consider the oceans filled",p:20,x:685,y:649,w:506,h:17},
{t:"With perished liquors stimulating the fluids of imagery.",p:20,x:685,y:675,w:508,h:17},
{t:"Indecisive Florida shores observe the indulgence. Glossy",p:20,x:685,y:702,w:518,h:17},
{t:"Eyes do not intrude on chances,",p:20,x:685,y:729,w:295,h:17},
{t:"Only the original daring plead.",p:20,x:685,y:755,w:276,h:17},
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{t:"Regret Of The Drunken T",p:20,x:655,y:94,w:447,h:55},
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{t:"In the silence of streets",p:21,x:120,y:227,w:215,h:17},
{t:"An audacity of olddelhimileu",p:21,x:120,y:254,w:262,h:17},
{t:"Couldn’t curb you",p:21,x:120,y:280,w:164,h:17},
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{t:"Within before its fall",p:21,x:120,y:334,w:186,h:17},
{t:"The mosque peeped",p:21,x:120,y:360,w:182,h:17},
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{t:"Houses clamoured",p:21,x:120,y:414,w:170,h:17},
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{t:"And chadors",p:21,x:120,y:600,w:115,h:17},
{t:"Yet you waited",p:21,x:120,y:627,w:131,h:17},
{t:"And i",p:21,x:120,y:654,w:48,h:17},
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{t:"Trampled",p:21,x:120,y:734,w:84,h:17},
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{t:"A tar road",p:21,x:120,y:787,w:90,h:17},
{t:"Below.",p:21,x:120,y:814,w:60,h:17},
{t:"Amitabh Mitra",p:21,x:536,y:103,w:282,h:55},
{t:"Amitabh Mitra",p:21,x:536,y:102,w:282,h:55},
{t:"Amitabh Mitra",p:21,x:535,y:103,w:282,h:55},
{t:"Rickshaw painting and poetry",p:21,x:905,y:178,w:357,h:21},
{t:"Skyline Publications “Bringing The World Together Through The Arts”",p:22,x:391,y:927,w:591,h:15},
{t:"22",p:22,x:60,y:924,w:20,h:15},
{t:"in this room",p:22,x:90,y:245,w:112,h:17},
{t:"there is a bed",p:22,x:90,y:271,w:123,h:17},
{t:"a pile of books",p:22,x:90,y:298,w:133,h:17},
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{t:"illuminated by",p:22,x:90,y:351,w:131,h:17},
{t:"soft pink bulbs",p:22,x:90,y:378,w:138,h:17},
{t:"the silver combs",p:22,x:90,y:405,w:150,h:17},
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{t:"to fasten",p:22,x:90,y:458,w:80,h:17},
{t:"in my hair",p:22,x:90,y:485,w:93,h:17},
{t:"when the night",p:22,x:90,y:511,w:136,h:17},
{t:"is damp",p:22,x:90,y:538,w:71,h:17},
{t:"and feverish",p:22,x:90,y:565,w:111,h:17},
{t:"smells of lovemaking",p:22,x:90,y:591,w:193,h:17},
{t:"dark fruit",p:22,x:90,y:618,w:86,h:17},
{t:"shadows",p:22,x:90,y:645,w:79,h:17},
{t:"of leaves",p:22,x:90,y:671,w:78,h:17},
{t:"amber evening",p:22,x:90,y:698,w:132,h:17},
{t:"dissolving into wine",p:22,x:90,y:725,w:182,h:17},
{t:"these things i know:",p:22,x:90,y:751,w:185,h:17},
{t:"1.  a fig tree outside my window",p:22,x:90,y:805,w:289,h:17},
{t:"2.  daybreak at your back",p:22,x:90,y:831,w:230,h:17},
{t:"Connie Sandlin",p:22,x:60,y:180,w:182,h:21},
{t:"Shirley Cooper-Losak",p:22,x:655,y:180,w:252,h:21},
{t:"Crystals and Gray Fleece",p:22,x:655,y:99,w:444,h:55},
{t:"Crystals and Gray Fleece",p:22,x:655,y:98,w:444,h:55},
{t:"Crystals and Gray Fleece",p:22,x:655,y:99,w:444,h:55},
{t:"No Man No Mo",p:22,x:60,y:106,w:335,h:55},
{t:"No Man No Mo",p:22,x:60,y:105,w:335,h:55},
{t:"No Man No Moon",p:22,x:60,y:105,w:366,h:56},
{t:"on",p:22,x:392,y:106,w:33,h:55},
{t:"on",p:22,x:392,y:105,w:33,h:55},
{t:"It’s brisk and more snow is predicted.",p:22,x:685,y:252,w:343,h:17},
{t:"My heating bill is off the wall",p:22,x:685,y:279,w:263,h:17},
{t:"And I’ve taken to wearing",p:22,x:685,y:305,w:230,h:17},
{t:"My gray fleece jacket indoors.",p:22,x:685,y:332,w:272,h:17},
{t:"But when I ride down Ridgeview Lane",p:22,x:685,y:359,w:340,h:17},
{t:"Through the mountain curves of Howard Boulevard",p:22,x:685,y:385,w:466,h:17},
{t:"The sunlight’s glow on the iced trees",p:22,x:685,y:412,w:336,h:17},
{t:"Remind me of the crystals I wore",p:22,x:685,y:439,w:299,h:17},
{t:"To my first prom.",p:22,x:685,y:465,w:157,h:17},
{t:"State Of Being",p:22,x:655,y:563,w:263,h:55},
{t:"State Of Being",p:22,x:655,y:562,w:263,h:55},
{t:"State Of Being",p:22,x:655,y:563,w:263,h:55},
{t:"I read what some say",p:22,x:685,y:645,w:191,h:17},
{t:"and it is deep, angry, sad",p:22,x:685,y:672,w:227,h:17},
{t:"can we not be hopeful?",p:22,x:685,y:699,w:211,h:17},
{t:"surely ocean waves",p:22,x:685,y:725,w:175,h:17},
{t:"caressing our feet",p:22,x:685,y:752,w:163,h:17},
{t:"buried in sand",p:22,x:685,y:779,w:132,h:17},
{t:"under a peaceful sky",p:22,x:685,y:805,w:189,h:17},
{t:"should bring a soothing moment",p:22,x:685,y:832,w:298,h:17},
{t:"Expressions, A Literary Collection",p:23,x:401,y:31,w:512,h:43},
{t:"Expressions, A Literary Collection",p:23,x:401,y:31,w:512,h:43},
{t:"Expressions, A Literary Collection",p:23,x:400,y:31,w:512,h:43},
{t:"First Edition 2009",p:23,x:554,y:925,w:151,h:15},
{t:"23",p:23,x:1228,y:926,w:20,h:15},
{t:"MOURNING IN LOS ANGELES",p:23,x:90,y:110,w:710,h:49},
{t:"Kem Ray Neal",p:23,x:286,y:172,w:188,h:33},
{t:"The pain I felt in my left shoulder from the bullet hurt like hell.",p:23,x:90,y:254,w:574,h:17},
{t:"But it was nothing compared to the pain I felt in my heart after",p:23,x:90,y:284,w:574,h:17},
{t:"getting 18 year old Benny Carzo off for murder.",p:23,x:90,y:314,w:429,h:17},
{t:"It had all started nine and a half months ago when Maria",p:23,x:120,y:344,w:542,h:17},
{t:"Carzo, Benny’s mother, walked in to my small office in downtown",p:23,x:90,y:374,w:576,h:17},
{t:"LA.",p:23,x:90,y:404,w:31,h:17},
{t:"“I’m looking for the la",p:23,x:120,y:434,w:211,h:17},
{t:"wyer, Jack Mourning.” She said",p:23,x:346,y:434,w:302,h:17},
{t:"standing in the doorway.",p:23,x:90,y:464,w:225,h:17},
{t:"I jumped up from my desk, perhaps a little too eagerly",p:23,x:120,y:494,w:522,h:17},
{t:",",p:23,x:659,y:494,w:5,h:17},
{t:"because she put a hand to her chest and took a step back as if I",p:23,x:90,y:524,w:572,h:17},
{t:"was going to attack her.",p:23,x:90,y:554,w:217,h:17},
{t:"I slowed my pace, stuck out my hand and said,” I’m Jack",p:23,x:120,y:584,w:542,h:17},
{t:"Mourning. How can I help you?”",p:23,x:90,y:614,w:293,h:17},
{t:"For a small woman, she had a good strong handshak e. I",p:23,x:120,y:644,w:544,h:17},
{t:"guessed her age to be somewhere in the early fifties. She had",p:23,x:90,y:674,w:574,h:17},
{t:"olive skin and black hair and wore a blue dress faded with age.",p:23,x:90,y:704,w:573,h:17},
{t:"She was the first client to walk through my door here in LA.",p:23,x:120,y:734,w:542,h:17},
{t:"I had moved my office from Fresno to here a month before in",p:23,x:90,y:764,w:573,h:17},
{t:"search of bigger cases.",p:23,x:90,y:794,w:207,h:17},
{t:"I lead her to a chair in front of my desk and she sat. I sat",p:23,x:120,y:824,w:542,h:17},
{t:"behind the desk.",p:23,x:90,y:854,w:152,h:17},
{t:"“What can I do for you?” I asked.",p:23,x:120,y:884,w:301,h:17},
{t:"She told me that her son, Benny, had been arrested for the",p:23,x:714,y:189,w:543,h:17},
{t:"murder of a cab driver named Porter Johnson, who had",p:23,x:684,y:219,w:532,h:17},
{t:"befriended Benny and was teaching him the cabbie trade.",p:23,x:684,y:249,w:521,h:17},
{t:"She did not want a public defender for her son, so she took a",p:23,x:714,y:279,w:543,h:17},
{t:"second mortgage on her house and came to me.",p:23,x:684,y:309,w:436,h:17},
{t:"“How did you hear about me, Miss.Carzo?”",p:23,x:714,y:339,w:391,h:17},
{t:"“My sister Carmen in Fresno. She that that you were good",p:23,x:714,y:369,w:542,h:17},
{t:"and...” She caught herself.",p:23,x:684,y:399,w:241,h:17},
{t:"I finished for her... “And cheap?”",p:23,x:714,y:429,w:300,h:17},
{t:"She blushed and smiled at me.",p:23,x:714,y:459,w:280,h:17},
{t:"I took the case—met Benny, a bright kid with good grades,",p:23,x:714,y:489,w:543,h:17},
{t:"and really got to like him over the months preparing for his",p:23,x:684,y:519,w:572,h:17},
{t:"trial.",p:23,x:684,y:549,w:43,h:17},
{t:"The case against Benny was all based on circumstantial",p:23,x:714,y:579,w:533,h:17},
{t:"evidence, and it didn’t take the jury long to see things my way.",p:23,x:684,y:609,w:572,h:17},
{t:"Benny was acquitted.",p:23,x:714,y:639,w:194,h:17},
{t:"Benny’s family and friends had a big welcome home party for",p:23,x:714,y:669,w:543,h:17},
{t:"him. We ate and drank, and drank. The more Benny became",p:23,x:684,y:699,w:572,h:17},
{t:"drunk, I began to see changes in his personality; a darker side I",p:23,x:684,y:729,w:574,h:17},
{t:"didn’t not see while he was sober in jail.",p:23,x:684,y:759,w:367,h:17},
{t:"I admit that I was pretty tipsy my self that night, but on a",p:23,x:714,y:789,w:542,h:17},
{t:"hunch, I followed Benny in to the kitchen and asked him if he",p:23,x:684,y:819,w:574,h:17},
{t:"had killed Porter Johnson. He leaned in to me and said, “Yeah I",p:23,x:684,y:849,w:574,h:17},
{t:"killed him. He called me stupid.” He turned and walked away.",p:23,x:684,y:879,w:561,h:17},
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{t:"24",p:24,x:60,y:924,w:20,h:15},
{t:"I sobered up real fast and hit him in the back of is head with",p:24,x:90,y:97,w:543,h:17},
{t:"my beer can.",p:24,x:59,y:127,w:116,h:17},
{t:"“You little punk bastard.” I said to him. “You are stupid.”",p:24,x:90,y:157,w:522,h:17},
{t:"He took a step toward me and that is when I saw the killer in",p:24,x:90,y:187,w:542,h:17},
{t:"him.",p:24,x:59,y:217,w:41,h:17},
{t:"“Never call me stupid.” He said pushing past me and headed",p:24,x:90,y:247,w:542,h:17},
{t:"toward the backyard.",p:24,x:59,y:277,w:191,h:17},
{t:"I left their house feeling dirty and used. My first big LA case",p:24,x:90,y:307,w:544,h:17},
{t:"had blood all over it. I would have to live with that the rest of my",p:24,x:59,y:337,w:571,h:17},
{t:"life.",p:24,x:59,y:367,w:34,h:17},
{t:"For the next five days after Benny’s confession, I carried a",p:24,x:90,y:397,w:544,h:17},
{t:"gun with me to work in my brief case. Once in the office, I would",p:24,x:59,y:427,w:574,h:17},
{t:"put the gun in my desk.",p:24,x:59,y:457,w:217,h:17},
{t:"When Benny came in on the fifth day, he shot me before I",p:24,x:90,y:487,w:544,h:17},
{t:"could go for the gun.",p:24,x:59,y:517,w:189,h:17},
{t:"The sound of the shot caused a woman to scream in a near",p:24,x:90,y:547,w:542,h:17},
{t:"by office and could hear people running down the hall to escape.",p:24,x:59,y:577,w:576,h:17},
{t:"Someone must have tripped and hit my door . The sound made",p:24,x:90,y:607,w:547,h:17},
{t:"Benny turn to look. It was all the time I needed. I shot him four",p:24,x:59,y:637,w:571,h:17},
{t:"times in the chest. He died falling to the ground.",p:24,x:59,y:667,w:444,h:17},
{t:"I looked at the bullet whole in my arm and at the dead body",p:24,x:90,y:697,w:542,h:17},
{t:"in from of my desk. I could hear sirens stopping in front of the",p:24,x:59,y:727,w:571,h:17},
{t:"building.",p:24,x:59,y:757,w:81,h:17},
{t:"I shook my head and said to myself: “W",p:24,x:90,y:787,w:383,h:17},
{t:"elcome to LA",p:24,x:500,y:787,w:125,h:17},
{t:"Mourning.”",p:24,x:59,y:817,w:103,h:17},
{t:"Then I passed out.",p:24,x:90,y:847,w:168,h:17},
{t:"Freedom in a reverie.",p:24,x:685,y:200,w:192,h:17},
{t:"The thought a boat - on water -",p:24,x:685,y:240,w:280,h:17},
{t:"and a dog, the palm-thatched islands,",p:24,x:685,y:260,w:342,h:17},
{t:"sun, a tropic destination.",p:24,x:685,y:280,w:229,h:17},
{t:"For weeks, a month or more, to cruise",p:24,x:685,y:320,w:348,h:17},
{t:"beneath white sails, dark spars, blue skies,",p:24,x:685,y:340,w:396,h:17},
{t:"all reckoning by chance encounter.",p:24,x:685,y:360,w:322,h:17},
{t:"The calculated drift proof positive",p:24,x:685,y:400,w:307,h:17},
{t:"of permanent connection to some real,",p:24,x:685,y:420,w:353,h:17},
{t:"complicit affirmation",p:24,x:685,y:440,w:192,h:17},
{t:"that all's not lost",p:24,x:685,y:460,w:155,h:17},
{t:"in solipsistic mania.",p:24,x:685,y:480,w:185,h:17},
{t:"The night, a curtain dropped beyond the rail.",p:24,x:685,y:520,w:408,h:17},
{t:"The offshore engined throb half heard, half felt.",p:24,x:685,y:540,w:432,h:17},
{t:"The silver halyard slap against the mast",p:24,x:685,y:580,w:363,h:17},
{t:"in rhythmed swell an atmospheric pulse,",p:24,x:685,y:600,w:372,h:17},
{t:"the tempo of a next day's weather.",p:24,x:685,y:620,w:311,h:17},
{t:"An intermittent sleep a swinging door,",p:24,x:685,y:660,w:350,h:17},
{t:"an unconsidered sensitivity",p:24,x:685,y:680,w:252,h:17},
{t:"drives dormic residues",p:24,x:685,y:700,w:208,h:17},
{t:"to overwhelm an absent watch.",p:24,x:685,y:720,w:281,h:17},
{t:"And lurking always, hints - each western cloud -",p:24,x:685,y:760,w:440,h:17},
{t:"of coming storm and outer turbulence.",p:24,x:685,y:780,w:353,h:17},
{t:"A vanishing perspective:",p:24,x:685,y:820,w:222,h:17},
{t:"tailgated traffic pulls away",p:24,x:685,y:840,w:240,h:17},
{t:"and strands the ship",p:24,x:685,y:860,w:188,h:17},
{t:"on bars of idle contemplation",p:24,x:685,y:880,w:268,h:17},
{t:"Newport Jamestown Bridge",p:24,x:655,y:83,w:468,h:55},
{t:"Newport Jamestown Bridge",p:24,x:655,y:82,w:468,h:55},
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{t:"25",p:25,x:1228,y:926,w:20,h:15},
{t:"PORTRAIT OF A VAMPIRE",p:25,x:90,y:126,w:653,h:49},
{t:"Eric Tessier",p:25,x:502,y:196,w:167,h:33},
{t:"The walls are thick, cold.",p:25,x:90,y:348,w:229,h:17},
{t:"It’s been a long time since the monumental fireplaces had seen",p:25,x:90,y:378,w:574,h:17},
{t:"a fire in their wide and dusty mouths. They are mute, except for",p:25,x:90,y:408,w:574,h:17},
{t:"the howling wind in their desperately empty pipes, unbearable",p:25,x:90,y:438,w:572,h:17},
{t:"supplications dissolving in the dead rooms of a castle which",p:25,x:90,y:468,w:572,h:17},
{t:"can only be situated temporally, not geographically. For this",p:25,x:90,y:498,w:574,h:17},
{t:"castle, home of the most important voivod of Romania, is located",p:25,x:90,y:528,w:577,h:17},
{t:"in the past.",p:25,x:90,y:558,w:103,h:17},
{t:"But don’t get it wrong. Even if it is just a memory in the",p:25,x:120,y:588,w:542,h:17},
{t:"failing mind of the oldest of the village or a legend, too",p:25,x:90,y:618,w:530,h:17},
{t:"extraordinary to be trusted by the sceptical minds of our modern",p:25,x:90,y:648,w:580,h:17},
{t:"times, the consequences of its inhabitants’ actions have a real",p:25,x:90,y:678,w:572,h:17},
{t:"impact on those who cross its path.",p:25,x:90,y:708,w:326,h:17},
{t:"The castle is an empty shell. The furniture is broken down.",p:25,x:120,y:738,w:544,h:17},
{t:"Rickety chairs, loose tables, old stinky sheets, deserted narrow",p:25,x:90,y:768,w:573,h:17},
{t:"corridors, windy, dark vestibules leading to new parts where",p:25,x:90,y:798,w:573,h:17},
{t:"mysterious halls appear and dissapear in a wink, as if the place",p:25,x:90,y:828,w:572,h:17},
{t:"was in a never-ending expansion.",p:25,x:90,y:858,w:301,h:17},
{t:"To open a door means getting into the unknown, to close it",p:25,x:714,y:232,w:542,h:17},
{t:"means destroying the past. You can’t go back. As soon as you",p:25,x:684,y:262,w:573,h:17},
{t:"leave a room, it ceases to exist and you’d come back in a new",p:25,x:684,y:292,w:572,h:17},
{t:"one that might look identical. But that would be a wrong track.",p:25,x:684,y:322,w:571,h:17},
{t:"Though never in sight, for all the windows are sealed, the",p:25,x:714,y:352,w:542,h:17},
{t:"outside sometimes gets in as meteorological phenomenons.",p:25,x:684,y:382,w:566,h:17},
{t:"These phenomenons are just an echo of an inaccessible reality,",p:25,x:684,y:412,w:575,h:17},
{t:"the  mood of the Earth or, as some people say, mirages coming",p:25,x:684,y:442,w:574,h:17},
{t:"from our twisted brains.",p:25,x:684,y:471,w:220,h:17},
{t:"As a matter of fact, a rainy day, or a sunny day, are just inner",p:25,x:714,y:501,w:544,h:17},
{t:"manifestations. And the drizzle soaks us to the skin. Bodies",p:25,x:684,y:531,w:572,h:17},
{t:"become swamps. Deep in the heart of our stomach lie ponds of",p:25,x:684,y:561,w:572,h:17},
{t:"stagnant water. Here is the land of quicksands and we sink into",p:25,x:684,y:591,w:572,h:17},
{t:"this enigmatic part of ourselves that will always remain",p:25,x:684,y:621,w:528,h:17},
{t:"unreadable, incomprehensible to us—leaving us f ace to face with",p:25,x:684,y:651,w:576,h:17},
{t:"the true nature of our persona: a perfect alien.",p:25,x:684,y:681,w:424,h:17},
{t:"The walls are thick, cold.",p:25,x:714,y:711,w:229,h:17},
{t:"The universe is black and white.",p:25,x:714,y:741,w:295,h:17},
{t:"With all the nuances in-between. At this part of the day, it is",p:25,x:714,y:771,w:544,h:17},
{t:"gray, a bit dirty. Waterlogged. Hazy as if it has been rubbed by a",p:25,x:684,y:801,w:573,h:17},
{t:"disrespectful finger when still wet.",p:25,x:684,y:831,w:316,h:17},
{t:"The trees are swaying in a sharp, freezing wind. Their leaves",p:25,x:714,y:861,w:542,h:17},
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{t:"are transparent. They rumble but the sound they make only",p:26,x:60,y:97,w:572,h:17},
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{t:"noises strangling their thoughts.",p:26,x:60,y:157,w:300,h:17},
{t:"Vlad Tepes’ eyes are red. The skin is translucent, a stif",p:26,x:90,y:187,w:529,h:17},
{t:"f",p:26,x:628,y:187,w:6,h:17},
{t:"anatomical glove covering bones without flesh. He moves faster",p:26,x:60,y:217,w:573,h:17},
{t:"than the speed of light. When you see him, he’s already gone.",p:26,x:60,y:247,w:574,h:17},
{t:"And has already struck. He loves to look apathetic but it’s a",p:26,x:60,y:277,w:575,h:17},
{t:"trick, a fatal trick.",p:26,x:60,y:307,w:165,h:17},
{t:"He is contemplating his territory from the highest tower of",p:26,x:90,y:337,w:541,h:17},
{t:"the castle. He knows why people are frightened here, and he",p:26,x:60,y:367,w:572,h:17},
{t:"knows it is justified for he is the one they fear.",p:26,x:60,y:397,w:428,h:17},
{t:"He knows the poor protection, the amulets, gris-gris, and",p:26,x:90,y:427,w:542,h:17},
{t:"other silly charms they use against him while he slowly draws",p:26,x:60,y:457,w:574,h:17},
{t:"them into hell. He knows how they gaze at the clock, men and",p:26,x:60,y:487,w:572,h:17},
{t:"women, all curled up under the covers, trying to find something",p:26,x:60,y:517,w:574,h:17},
{t:"reassuring in the heat. In vain. Afraid of what the children might",p:26,x:60,y:547,w:574,h:17},
{t:"do, walking the streets after school, playing in the meadows,",p:26,x:60,y:577,w:572,h:17},
{t:"unaware of the danger of being prey.",p:26,x:60,y:607,w:332,h:17},
{t:"Animals themselves shiver when detecting his presence. Prey",p:26,x:90,y:637,w:554,h:17},
{t:"or predators, they run away, tails between their legs. And from",p:26,x:60,y:667,w:573,h:17},
{t:"the top of the trees to the deepest hole, they all try to hide.",p:26,x:60,y:697,w:537,h:17},
{t:"Vlad Tepes’ eyes are red, plain red—the essence of red.",p:26,x:90,y:727,w:500,h:17},
{t:"Red is the only color that is strong enough to assert itself in",p:26,x:90,y:757,w:541,h:17},
{t:"this black and white world. But it only exists at night when Vlad",p:26,x:60,y:787,w:572,h:17},
{t:"wakes up. It only exists when it sticks to a living subject. On an",p:26,x:60,y:817,w:572,h:17},
{t:"inert surface, it stays invisible. But as soon as it is moving—",p:26,x:60,y:847,w:573,h:17},
{t:"into the voivod’s sockets, or in the flames of stoves, cookers",p:26,x:60,y:877,w:574,h:17},
{t:"and hearths, or in a man’s veins—it illuminates the darkness,",p:26,x:655,y:97,w:573,h:17},
{t:"perceptible by everyone, bearer of good or bad news, this",p:26,x:655,y:127,w:545,h:17},
{t:"depending on who you are: the victim or the executioner.",p:26,x:655,y:157,w:521,h:17},
{t:"Strangely enough, Laetitia is not scared at all. She quietly",p:26,x:685,y:187,w:542,h:17},
{t:"looks at the man standing in front of her. She ignores who he is,",p:26,x:655,y:217,w:573,h:17},
{t:"where he comes from, how he entered the place and what his",p:26,x:655,y:247,w:572,h:17},
{t:"plans are. But she doesn’t care. His presence is an evidence. He",p:26,x:655,y:277,w:572,h:17},
{t:"has to be here, at this precise moment of her story, an essential",p:26,x:655,y:307,w:574,h:17},
{t:"part in the course of events.",p:26,x:655,y:337,w:255,h:17},
{t:"She has already felt this kind of evidence in her life. Always",p:26,x:685,y:367,w:544,h:17},
{t:"in those crucial moments when things are about to become a",p:26,x:655,y:397,w:572,h:17},
{t:"matter of life and death. Her conscious will makes way then for",p:26,x:655,y:427,w:574,h:17},
{t:"another will, more mysterious, less controlable but also often",p:26,x:655,y:457,w:572,h:17},
{t:"more efficient. Of that she is sure: salvation would come from",p:26,x:655,y:487,w:572,h:17},
{t:"the deepest part of hers.",p:26,x:655,y:517,w:221,h:17},
{t:"She doesn’t startle when he puts his hands on her shoulders.",p:26,x:685,y:547,w:551,h:17},
{t:"Maybe because, according to her sense of security, arm’s length",p:26,x:655,y:577,w:574,h:17},
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{t:"to prevent her from a threatening attitude, as if distance weren’t",p:26,x:655,y:637,w:572,h:17},
{t:"a matter of meter or centimeter but a question of confidence.",p:26,x:655,y:667,w:571,h:17},
{t:"Still the powerful hands, the sharp fingers could easily break",p:26,x:655,y:697,w:573,h:17},
{t:"her shoulder blades. And from them, strange and horrid images",p:26,x:655,y:727,w:572,h:17},
{t:"flow into her brain, pictures of deliberate and repeated violent",p:26,x:655,y:757,w:572,h:17},
{t:"assaults, torture and assassination, without any sense of guilt.",p:26,x:655,y:787,w:571,h:17},
{t:"But she is not afraid. Definitely not.",p:26,x:685,y:817,w:326,h:17},
{t:"The palm on her cheek is icy. She shivers but it has nothing",p:26,x:685,y:847,w:543,h:17},
{t:"to do with the coldness of the man’s grip. He gently but firmly",p:26,x:655,y:877,w:574,h:17},
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{t:"presses her nape, reducing the distance between their faces.",p:27,x:90,y:97,w:574,h:17},
{t:"She doesn’t react, willing to know what is about to happen.",p:27,x:90,y:127,w:540,h:17},
{t:"A seductive gleam illuminates the man’s eye. He sighs softly,",p:27,x:120,y:157,w:545,h:17},
{t:"his breath caressing her skin, every hair on her neck, more",p:27,x:90,y:187,w:571,h:17},
{t:"sensual than a true contact.",p:27,x:90,y:217,w:256,h:17},
{t:"He breathes fast and short, rather nervously. Eyelids closed,",p:27,x:120,y:247,w:544,h:17},
{t:"she listens to him, to this air coming out of his lungs, the sound",p:27,x:90,y:277,w:574,h:17},
{t:"of his heart, the soundtrack of his life, for she knows that this",p:27,x:90,y:307,w:573,h:17},
{t:"air speaks. It tells the story of his life, a long long tale about",p:27,x:90,y:337,w:574,h:17},
{t:"him, about the other one, the discovery of the other one, the",p:27,x:90,y:367,w:571,h:17},
{t:"fascination and desire the other one arouse in our hearts.",p:27,x:90,y:397,w:528,h:17},
{t:"Desire!",p:27,x:120,y:427,w:65,h:17},
{t:"Here it is, waiting—impatient, hoping—feverish, savoring the",p:27,x:120,y:457,w:545,h:17},
{t:"perfume, the heat and the aura of love.",p:27,x:90,y:487,w:351,h:17},
{t:"Desire!",p:27,x:120,y:517,w:65,h:17},
{t:"Vlad Tepes opens his jaws widely .",p:27,x:120,y:547,w:313,h:17},
{t:"The teeth titillate her vein.",p:27,x:120,y:577,w:243,h:17},
{t:"He bites and she gives herself up to a wave of pleasure.",p:27,x:120,y:607,w:502,h:17},
{t:"Never Lo",p:27,x:685,y:98,w:199,h:55},
{t:"Never Lo",p:27,x:685,y:97,w:199,h:55},
{t:"Never Look Back",p:27,x:684,y:98,w:342,h:56},
{t:"ok Back",p:27,x:882,y:98,w:143,h:55},
{t:"ok Back",p:27,x:882,y:97,w:143,h:55},
{t:"Jan Oskar Hansen",p:27,x:684,y:167,w:221,h:21},
{t:"The track I walk on, to the top of the hill",p:27,x:714,y:249,w:370,h:17},
{t:"where I can see the sea, is falling into",p:27,x:714,y:275,w:345,h:17},
{t:"neglect, overgrown, dry weeds crinkle",p:27,x:714,y:302,w:344,h:17},
{t:"underfoot, made smooth and slippery by",p:27,x:714,y:329,w:368,h:17},
{t:"the unforgiven August sun.",p:27,x:714,y:355,w:248,h:17},
{t:"The sea afar is blue with glitter on, just",p:27,x:714,y:435,w:359,h:17},
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{t:"I did once, long time ago. I used to stand     ",p:27,x:714,y:489,w:398,h:17},
{t:"on iron deck, look towards shore, dream",p:27,x:714,y:515,w:370,h:17},
{t:"of mountains, streams and lakes.",p:27,x:714,y:542,w:305,h:17},
{t:"Clouds sail across the sky, sea darkens",p:27,x:714,y:622,w:362,h:17},
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{t:"dagger sharp cliffs; endless war the sea",p:27,x:714,y:675,w:359,h:17},
{t:"will win. Farewell, I shall walk on this   ",p:27,x:714,y:702,w:362,h:17},
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{t:"April’s V",p:28,x:60,y:108,w:163,h:55},
{t:"April’s Visitors",p:28,x:60,y:109,w:258,h:56},
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{t:"isitors",p:28,x:219,y:108,w:97,h:55},
{t:"Arlene L. Mandell",p:28,x:60,y:178,w:208,h:21},
{t:"Black-tail deer",p:28,x:90,y:297,w:132,h:17},
{t:"our constant gardeners",p:28,x:90,y:324,w:213,h:17},
{t:"graze wild grasses",p:28,x:90,y:351,w:166,h:17},
{t:"nose through fences",p:28,x:90,y:377,w:187,h:17},
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{t:"Pregnant does return",p:28,x:90,y:457,w:193,h:17},
{t:"with spindly-legged fawns",p:28,x:90,y:484,w:235,h:17},
{t:"bound away at slight sounds",p:28,x:90,y:511,w:260,h:17},
{t:"grow bolder, nibble",p:28,x:90,y:537,w:174,h:17},
{t:"tender shoots, almost",p:28,x:90,y:564,w:199,h:17},
{t:"but not quite trusting",p:28,x:90,y:617,w:197,h:17},
{t:"my outstretched hand.",p:28,x:90,y:644,w:206,h:17},
{t:"The Eff",p:28,x:655,y:111,w:171,h:55},
{t:"The Eff",p:28,x:655,y:110,w:171,h:55},
{t:"The Effects Of Causes",p:28,x:655,y:110,w:411,h:56},
{t:"ects Of Causes",p:28,x:821,y:111,w:244,h:55},
{t:"ects Of Causes",p:28,x:821,y:110,w:244,h:55},
{t:"We were so young in our delirious cages,",p:28,x:685,y:275,w:373,h:17},
{t:"we accepted danger as rage against aging.",p:28,x:685,y:301,w:379,h:17},
{t:"Our lifesong was a melody of uselessness,",p:28,x:685,y:328,w:385,h:17},
{t:"a symphony of  apathy.",p:28,x:685,y:355,w:210,h:17},
{t:"A fragment of an antique song flashes into consciousness:",p:28,x:685,y:408,w:534,h:17},
{t:"\"Barely legal in their lethal tavern,",p:28,x:685,y:461,w:313,h:17},
{t:"cavemen in their licensed cavern.\"",p:28,x:685,y:488,w:314,h:17},
{t:"The memory evokes cinematesque sadness.",p:28,x:685,y:541,w:401,h:17},
{t:"The whiteness blinds us",p:28,x:685,y:595,w:222,h:17},
{t:"as sunlight tricks morning",p:28,x:685,y:621,w:244,h:17},
{t:"brightness bleaching bleak mourning.",p:28,x:685,y:648,w:347,h:17},
{t:"Light so vivid to wake day dawning,",p:28,x:685,y:675,w:322,h:17},
{t:"sunrise such a long time coming.",p:28,x:685,y:701,w:304,h:17},
{t:"We were young, we were eternal.",p:28,x:685,y:755,w:295,h:17},
{t:"That for us, was cause enough.",p:28,x:685,y:781,w:283,h:17},
{t:"David Flynn",p:28,x:655,y:186,w:144,h:21},
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{t:"29",p:29,x:1228,y:926,w:20,h:15},
{t:"His lover is a white phallus",p:29,x:120,y:282,w:247,h:17},
{t:"with hot breath",p:29,x:120,y:308,w:139,h:17},
{t:"breathed from its",p:29,x:120,y:335,w:157,h:17},
{t:"lusterless blood-filled eye,",p:29,x:120,y:362,w:241,h:17},
{t:"A garden-tamed Cyclops",p:29,x:120,y:388,w:220,h:17},
{t:"longing to be loved,",p:29,x:120,y:415,w:177,h:17},
{t:"To send the winding of violins",p:29,x:120,y:442,w:273,h:17},
{t:"and voices singing arias against",p:29,x:120,y:468,w:291,h:17},
{t:"the cracked",p:29,x:120,y:495,w:107,h:17},
{t:"coronets in his brain",p:29,x:120,y:522,w:191,h:17},
{t:"Their love is made,",p:29,x:120,y:575,w:172,h:17},
{t:"And the embalming music played",p:29,x:120,y:602,w:304,h:17},
{t:"beats out a steady rhythm",p:29,x:120,y:628,w:237,h:17},
{t:"for the mourner’s dancing feet",p:29,x:120,y:655,w:277,h:17},
{t:"Held in a meager, white-nailed hand,",p:29,x:120,y:708,w:332,h:17},
{t:"His lover",p:29,x:120,y:735,w:80,h:17},
{t:"declines and becomes a burning",p:29,x:120,y:762,w:294,h:17},
{t:"candle end,",p:29,x:120,y:788,w:104,h:17},
{t:"Dropping time's ashes",p:29,x:120,y:815,w:204,h:17},
{t:"onto a ruined collar",p:29,x:120,y:842,w:180,h:17},
{t:"James With A C",p:29,x:90,y:109,w:308,h:55},
{t:"James With A C",p:29,x:90,y:108,w:308,h:55},
{t:"James With A Cigarette",p:29,x:90,y:109,w:423,h:56},
{t:"igarette",p:29,x:393,y:109,w:119,h:55},
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{t:"Blo",p:29,x:685,y:112,w:60,h:55},
{t:"Blood That Will Not Thicken",p:29,x:684,y:113,w:511,h:56},
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{t:"Linda King",p:29,x:684,y:186,w:130,h:21},
{t:"a new perspective    small and baffling",p:29,x:714,y:267,w:348,h:17},
{t:"some mathematical correctness required",p:29,x:714,y:294,w:374,h:17},
{t:"quoted phrases    an old language    yielding",p:29,x:714,y:321,w:401,h:17},
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{t:"mourners gather",p:29,x:714,y:534,w:152,h:17},
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{t:"that black-word of night",p:29,x:714,y:667,w:218,h:17},
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{t:"ends a wondering",p:29,x:714,y:747,w:160,h:17},
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{t:"30",p:30,x:60,y:924,w:20,h:15},
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{t:"spatial awareness &",p:30,x:60,y:538,w:167,h:15},
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{t:"face & body",p:30,x:60,y:638,w:98,h:15},
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{t:"like the discernment",p:30,x:685,y:630,w:189,h:17},
{t:"is both &",p:30,x:685,y:663,w:84,h:17},
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{t:"        which hides",p:31,x:120,y:339,w:155,h:17},
{t:"   in nothing",p:31,x:120,y:372,w:111,h:17},
{t:"     in other words",p:31,x:120,y:406,w:161,h:17},
{t:" there is no way",p:31,x:125,y:439,w:144,h:17},
{t:"my own imaginal be-ing",p:31,x:120,y:472,w:216,h:17},
{t:" i.e. my own ‘no’ thing",p:31,x:131,y:505,w:201,h:17},
{t:"can convey unique",p:31,x:125,y:539,w:170,h:17},
{t:"experience of nothingness",p:31,x:120,y:572,w:240,h:17},
{t:"     to my material be-ing",p:31,x:120,y:605,w:222,h:17},
{t:"                                      these",p:31,x:120,y:639,w:264,h:17},
{t:"are not separate orders of be-ing",p:31,x:120,y:672,w:296,h:17},
{t:"                            these",p:31,x:120,y:705,w:207,h:17},
{t:"         are two kinds",p:31,x:120,y:739,w:175,h:17},
{t:" of consciousnesses of",p:31,x:125,y:772,w:207,h:17},
{t:"      one being these",p:31,x:120,y:805,w:178,h:17},
{t:"produce two ways of understanding",p:31,x:120,y:839,w:323,h:17},
{t:"                ***",p:31,x:120,y:872,w:120,h:17},
{t:"& then the strife begins",p:31,x:714,y:109,w:217,h:17},
{t:"& the struggle is for understanding",p:31,x:714,y:143,w:321,h:17},
{t:"& the desire is for unity…",p:31,x:714,y:177,w:236,h:17},
{t:"to be understood",p:31,x:714,y:211,w:155,h:17},
{t:"to be understood",p:31,x:714,y:280,w:155,h:17},
{t:"a language is invented",p:31,x:714,y:314,w:202,h:17},
{t:"it is neither this nor that",p:31,x:714,y:348,w:226,h:17},
{t:"                but not",p:31,x:714,y:382,w:156,h:17},
{t:"    not this",p:31,x:714,y:416,w:94,h:17},
{t:"                and not",p:31,x:714,y:451,w:159,h:17},
{t:"   not that",p:31,x:714,y:485,w:89,h:17},
{t:"the language…happens",p:31,x:714,y:519,w:211,h:17},
{t:"         (nowhere)",p:31,x:714,y:553,w:141,h:17},
{t:"               the",p:31,x:714,y:621,w:113,h:17},
{t:"        image fr’om",p:31,x:714,y:655,w:152,h:17},
{t:"              ***",p:31,x:714,y:724,w:109,h:17},
{t:"a new space",p:31,x:714,y:792,w:109,h:17},
{t:"opens like a bud",p:31,x:714,y:826,w:150,h:17},
{t:"it is no",p:31,x:714,y:861,w:64,h:17},
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{t:"32",p:32,x:60,y:924,w:20,h:15},
{t:"no is opening",p:32,x:90,y:123,w:124,h:17},
{t:"     like",p:32,x:90,y:156,w:62,h:17},
{t:"a blue flower",p:32,x:90,y:189,w:117,h:17},
{t:"it poetizes everything, as if divinity is making love to you",p:32,x:90,y:223,w:519,h:17},
{t:"so that",p:32,x:90,y:289,w:63,h:17},
{t:"in",p:32,x:90,y:323,w:18,h:17},
{t:"the",p:32,x:90,y:356,w:29,h:17},
{t:"invisible",p:32,x:90,y:389,w:77,h:17},
{t:"third",p:32,x:90,y:423,w:44,h:17},
{t:"not",p:32,x:90,y:456,w:30,h:17},
{t:"given yet",p:32,x:90,y:489,w:80,h:17},
{t:"(thus come)",p:32,x:90,y:523,w:108,h:17},
{t:"a",p:32,x:90,y:556,w:10,h:17},
{t:"real",p:32,x:90,y:589,w:34,h:17},
{t:"&",p:32,x:90,y:623,w:15,h:17},
{t:"true",p:32,x:90,y:656,w:37,h:17},
{t:"discernment",p:32,x:90,y:689,w:115,h:17},
{t:"in",p:32,x:90,y:723,w:18,h:17},
{t:"nothingness",p:32,x:90,y:756,w:114,h:17},
{t:"comes",p:32,x:90,y:789,w:59,h:17},
{t:"like",p:32,x:90,y:823,w:34,h:17},
{t:"                                                                    …eureka…",p:32,x:685,y:122,w:481,h:17},
{t:"                                           it is an",p:32,x:685,y:155,w:304,h:17},
{t:"                      experience",p:32,x:685,y:189,w:222,h:17},
{t:"of your own",p:32,x:685,y:222,w:107,h:17},
{t:"discernment",p:32,x:685,y:255,w:115,h:17},
{t:"flowering before the f",p:32,x:655,y:284,w:193,h:17},
{t:"lower comes after frost not merely deceased…unborn",p:32,x:821,y:284,w:487,h:17},
{t:"The Frost Flower stephanie pope en kata poetry",p:32,x:685,y:357,w:406,h:15},
{t:"Expressions, A Literary Collection",p:33,x:401,y:31,w:512,h:43},
{t:"Expressions, A Literary Collection",p:33,x:401,y:31,w:512,h:43},
{t:"Expressions, A Literary Collection",p:33,x:400,y:31,w:512,h:43},
{t:"First Edition 2009",p:33,x:554,y:925,w:151,h:15},
{t:"33",p:33,x:1228,y:926,w:20,h:15},
{t:"The subway is not place to fall in love:",p:33,x:120,y:277,w:350,h:17},
{t:"the scenery beats a retreat from you",p:33,x:120,y:303,w:330,h:17},
{t:"as it is, the street preacher’s",p:33,x:120,y:330,w:261,h:17},
{t:"grackles of Armageddon slam",p:33,x:120,y:357,w:269,h:17},
{t:"against the window of seen-it-all-before,",p:33,x:120,y:383,w:363,h:17},
{t:"the bob of the train nods",p:33,x:120,y:437,w:225,h:17},
{t:"its passengers agreement",p:33,x:120,y:463,w:232,h:17},
{t:"to a string of gaudy advertisements",p:33,x:120,y:490,w:320,h:17},
{t:"promising that you, too,",p:33,x:120,y:517,w:219,h:17},
{t:"can dine on the chowder of heaven",p:33,x:120,y:543,w:316,h:17},
{t:"with seventy two perfect teeth.",p:33,x:120,y:570,w:280,h:17},
{t:"No, love should be brewed",p:33,x:120,y:623,w:238,h:17},
{t:"in some crystal cauldron on a cloud",p:33,x:120,y:650,w:328,h:17},
{t:"for some still-salty Aphrodite,",p:33,x:120,y:677,w:272,h:17},
{t:"and certainly not for the corner girl",p:33,x:120,y:730,w:328,h:17},
{t:"with  the darting eyes,",p:33,x:120,y:757,w:207,h:17},
{t:"the short cut of brown,",p:33,x:120,y:783,w:210,h:17},
{t:"and, in her bag, could it be,",p:33,x:120,y:810,w:252,h:17},
{t:"Dostoyevsky—",p:33,x:120,y:837,w:136,h:17},
{t:"T",p:33,x:90,y:122,w:26,h:55},
{t:"T T",p:33,x:89,y:121,w:27,h:56},
{t:"T T rain",p:33,x:89,y:121,w:85,h:56},
{t:"rain",p:33,x:107,y:122,w:66,h:55},
{t:"rain",p:33,x:107,y:121,w:66,h:55},
{t:"Philip Kopel",p:33,x:90,y:201,w:142,h:21},
{t:"Boneheads",p:33,x:685,y:121,w:172,h:55},
{t:"Boneheads",p:33,x:685,y:120,w:172,h:55},
{t:"Boneheads",p:33,x:684,y:121,w:172,h:55},
{t:"Linda Sparks",p:33,x:688,y:195,w:158,h:21},
{t:"The vulture’s bony and brainless skull",p:33,x:714,y:276,w:351,h:17},
{t:"Winging dark, repulsive;",p:33,x:714,y:303,w:221,h:17},
{t:"Chanting death mantras",p:33,x:714,y:329,w:220,h:17},
{t:"Masochistically, drunkenly;",p:33,x:714,y:356,w:253,h:17},
{t:"They scream at young ignoring girls,",p:33,x:714,y:383,w:334,h:17},
{t:"Swear at their prey in inadequacy.",p:33,x:714,y:409,w:311,h:17},
{t:"Mindless as they are,",p:33,x:714,y:463,w:193,h:17},
{t:"They disrupt peace,",p:33,x:714,y:489,w:179,h:17},
{t:"They abominate virtue,",p:33,x:714,y:516,w:209,h:17},
{t:"They rape and beat,",p:33,x:714,y:543,w:178,h:17},
{t:"Those not like them",p:33,x:714,y:569,w:184,h:17},
{t:"In their futile quest for supremacy.",p:33,x:714,y:596,w:319,h:17},
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{t:"34",p:34,x:60,y:924,w:20,h:15},
{t:"Progeria",p:34,x:60,y:83,w:125,h:55},
{t:"Progeria",p:34,x:60,y:82,w:125,h:55},
{t:"Progeria",p:34,x:60,y:83,w:125,h:55},
{t:"So. Noel",p:34,x:60,y:158,w:96,h:21},
{t:"Alarm. In the background, the rooster’s call…",p:34,x:60,y:215,w:418,h:17},
{t:"A mechanical call.",p:34,x:60,y:241,w:167,h:17},
{t:"Eyelids glued by a night on medics.",p:34,x:60,y:268,w:323,h:17},
{t:"Lethargic,",p:34,x:60,y:295,w:92,h:17},
{t:"I force open those dry-salted slits",p:34,x:60,y:321,w:305,h:17},
{t:"Trying to turn them into wide-angle mode.",p:34,x:60,y:348,w:383,h:17},
{t:"But I’m exhausted;",p:34,x:60,y:375,w:171,h:17},
{t:"No auto-focus, no sharpness possible",p:34,x:60,y:401,w:342,h:17},
{t:"The bedroom is hazy, my breath short.",p:34,x:60,y:428,w:353,h:17},
{t:"I hardly perceive the daylight",p:34,x:60,y:455,w:264,h:17},
{t:"piercing through the still closed Venetian shutters;",p:34,x:60,y:481,w:468,h:17},
{t:"Just a few dull rays materialised by the accumulated smoke of",p:34,x:60,y:508,w:572,h:17},
{t:"joints.",p:34,x:60,y:535,w:58,h:17},
{t:"The soles of my feet touch the tiles lightly...",p:34,x:60,y:588,w:403,h:17},
{t:"Pins and needles, my weakened legs just can’t bear me,",p:34,x:60,y:615,w:508,h:17},
{t:"It’s a pity!",p:34,x:60,y:641,w:89,h:17},
{t:"It isn’t the first time that,",p:34,x:60,y:668,w:232,h:17},
{t:"clumsy, fragile, senile,",p:34,x:60,y:695,w:205,h:17},
{t:"I stumble",p:34,x:60,y:721,w:85,h:17},
{t:"So I go back to the Bultex",p:34,x:60,y:775,w:234,h:17},
{t:"Stuff myself with Xanax",p:34,x:60,y:801,w:216,h:17},
{t:"Caress my sex",p:34,x:60,y:828,w:131,h:17},
{t:"In search of an unreachable climax.",p:34,x:60,y:855,w:325,h:17},
{t:"Bladder’s full, but just three drops of urine peed,",p:34,x:655,y:125,w:445,h:17},
{t:"Though I stayed a quarter of an hour in the loo... Dazed.",p:34,x:655,y:152,w:511,h:17},
{t:"Then a black coffee, Shamallow grip, a smoking pond on the",p:34,x:655,y:179,w:551,h:17},
{t:"lino...",p:34,x:655,y:205,w:52,h:17},
{t:"Parkinson disease in the tablets box, overflowing, heavy-",p:34,x:655,y:232,w:519,h:17},
{t:"handed,",p:34,x:655,y:259,w:72,h:17},
{t:"Two blue capsules in my curled palm",p:34,x:655,y:285,w:337,h:17},
{t:"And three sugar-coated pills hinder my life line.",p:34,x:655,y:312,w:436,h:17},
{t:"Later, my butt rubs the cold earthenware of the tub",p:34,x:655,y:365,w:466,h:17},
{t:"I toppled over, (no strength anymore), I had to sit",p:34,x:655,y:392,w:446,h:17},
{t:"The water whips my wasted body",p:34,x:655,y:419,w:300,h:17},
{t:"And I have all the time to admire my badly depilated pussy.",p:34,x:655,y:445,w:540,h:17},
{t:"Too much shaking to do it properly.",p:34,x:655,y:472,w:326,h:17},
{t:"In front of the fucking (merciless) mirror",p:34,x:655,y:499,w:371,h:17},
{t:"I scan the scars of my symptoms, gloryless  (pathetic)",p:34,x:655,y:525,w:491,h:17},
{t:"My youth vanishes, makes place",p:34,x:655,y:552,w:296,h:17},
{t:"To profound, premature",p:34,x:655,y:579,w:215,h:17},
{t:"(but fierce) wrinkles",p:34,x:655,y:605,w:183,h:17},
{t:"(didn’t we tell you to be careful?)",p:34,x:655,y:632,w:299,h:17},
{t:"So I go back to the Bultex",p:34,x:655,y:685,w:234,h:17},
{t:"Stuff myself with Xanax",p:34,x:655,y:712,w:215,h:17},
{t:"Caress my sex",p:34,x:655,y:739,w:131,h:17},
{t:"In search of an unreachable climax.",p:34,x:655,y:765,w:325,h:17},
{t:"The fridge is full of ready-to-use syringes.",p:34,x:655,y:819,w:379,h:17},
{t:"The only advantage of a serious illness.",p:34,x:655,y:845,w:360,h:17},
{t:"No preliminaries, no fuss.",p:34,x:655,y:872,w:236,h:17},
{t:"Expressions, A Literary Collection",p:35,x:401,y:31,w:512,h:43},
{t:"Expressions, A Literary Collection",p:35,x:401,y:31,w:512,h:43},
{t:"Expressions, A Literary Collection",p:35,x:400,y:31,w:512,h:43},
{t:"First Edition 2009",p:35,x:554,y:925,w:151,h:15},
{t:"35",p:35,x:1228,y:926,w:20,h:15},
{t:"Just get the air bubble away and shoot, here you go!",p:35,x:90,y:126,w:476,h:17},
{t:"Laboratories know how to deal with",p:35,x:90,y:153,w:326,h:17},
{t:"Multiple sclerosis and its ravages...",p:35,x:90,y:179,w:322,h:17},
{t:"No blunt needle, each scientifically gauged",p:35,x:90,y:206,w:391,h:17},
{t:"To enter my aching and withered and flabby and already falling",p:35,x:90,y:233,w:573,h:17},
{t:"apart",p:35,x:90,y:259,w:46,h:17},
{t:"Horridly wounded flesh",p:35,x:90,y:286,w:214,h:17},
{t:"(you don’t look well, Sophie)",p:35,x:90,y:313,w:260,h:17},
{t:"What a carnage",p:35,x:90,y:339,w:139,h:17},
{t:"(especially at your age...)",p:35,x:90,y:366,w:225,h:17},
{t:"Upon my body: holes and humps, a lunar ground!",p:35,x:90,y:393,w:451,h:17},
{t:"My skin is that of an old goat,",p:35,x:90,y:419,w:271,h:17},
{t:"My belly a therapeutic minefield.",p:35,x:90,y:446,w:299,h:17},
{t:"My thighs suffer the outrages of time,",p:35,x:90,y:473,w:344,h:17},
{t:"And yet I’m not thirty.",p:35,x:90,y:499,w:201,h:17},
{t:"So I go back to the Bultex",p:35,x:90,y:553,w:234,h:17},
{t:"Stuff myself with Xanax",p:35,x:90,y:579,w:216,h:17},
{t:"I avidly open a box of Subutex, an inheritance of that ex junkie",p:35,x:90,y:606,w:571,h:17},
{t:"of mine",p:35,x:90,y:633,w:68,h:17},
{t:"I loot it, sniff of it the more I can on the Plexiglas.",p:35,x:90,y:659,w:454,h:17},
{t:"Too complex a situation",p:35,x:90,y:686,w:218,h:17},
{t:"Blank and flask, that’s how I prefer to be.",p:35,x:90,y:713,w:378,h:17},
{t:"Progeria can’t let go of me.",p:35,x:90,y:739,w:243,h:17},
{t:"Crippled with arthritis",p:35,x:714,y:211,w:202,h:17},
{t:"and Alzheimer's,",p:35,x:714,y:238,w:153,h:17},
{t:"in a dark rented room",p:35,x:714,y:264,w:198,h:17},
{t:"Charley, plays",p:35,x:714,y:291,w:128,h:17},
{t:"melancholic melodies",p:35,x:714,y:318,w:199,h:17},
{t:"on  a dust filled",p:35,x:714,y:344,w:143,h:17},
{t:"harmonica  he",p:35,x:714,y:371,w:130,h:17},
{t:"found  abandoned",p:35,x:714,y:398,w:163,h:17},
{t:"on a playground of sand",p:35,x:714,y:424,w:219,h:17},
{t:"years ago by a handful of children",p:35,x:714,y:451,w:309,h:17},
{t:"playing on monkey bars.",p:35,x:714,y:478,w:225,h:17},
{t:"He now goes to the bathroom on occasion,",p:35,x:714,y:504,w:388,h:17},
{t:"peeing takes forever; he feeds the cat when",p:35,x:714,y:531,w:394,h:17},
{t:"he doesn't forget where the food is stashed at.",p:35,x:714,y:558,w:420,h:17},
{t:"He hears bedlam when he buys fish at the local market",p:35,x:714,y:584,w:504,h:17},
{t:"and the skeleton bones of the fish show through.",p:35,x:714,y:611,w:450,h:17},
{t:"He lies on his back riddled with pain,",p:35,x:714,y:638,w:340,h:17},
{t:"pine cones fill his pillows and mattress;",p:35,x:714,y:664,w:365,h:17},
{t:"praying to Jesus and rubbing his rosary beads",p:35,x:714,y:691,w:423,h:17},
{t:"Charley blows tunes out his",p:35,x:714,y:718,w:255,h:17},
{t:"celestial instrument",p:35,x:714,y:744,w:184,h:17},
{t:"notes float through the open window",p:35,x:714,y:771,w:335,h:17},
{t:"touch the nose of summer clouds.",p:35,x:714,y:798,w:312,h:17},
{t:"Charley overtakes himself with grief",p:35,x:714,y:824,w:329,h:17},
{t:"and is ecstatically alone.",p:35,x:714,y:851,w:225,h:17},
{t:"Charley plays a solo tune.",p:35,x:714,y:878,w:236,h:17},
{t:"Charley Plays a T",p:35,x:685,y:91,w:310,h:55},
{t:"Charley Plays a T",p:35,x:685,y:90,w:310,h:55},
{t:"Charley Plays a T une",p:35,x:684,y:91,w:351,h:56},
{t:"une",p:35,x:982,y:91,w:52,h:55},
{t:"une",p:35,x:982,y:90,w:52,h:55},
{t:"Michael Lee Johnson",p:35,x:684,y:157,w:251,h:21},
{t:"Skyline Publications “Bringing The World Together Through The Arts”",p:36,x:391,y:927,w:591,h:15},
{t:"36",p:36,x:60,y:924,w:20,h:15},
{t:"Road T",p:36,x:60,y:118,w:120,h:55},
{t:"Road T",p:36,x:60,y:117,w:120,h:55},
{t:"Road To Kasane",p:36,x:60,y:118,w:280,h:56},
{t:"o Kasane",p:36,x:169,y:118,w:169,h:55},
{t:"o Kasane",p:36,x:169,y:117,w:169,h:55},
{t:"In sketched shade beneath mopane trees",p:36,x:96,y:323,w:374,h:17},
{t:"caramel grass stretches east and west",p:36,x:96,y:350,w:347,h:17},
{t:"to opposite horizons.",p:36,x:96,y:377,w:194,h:17},
{t:"Welds itself to button down a vast sky.",p:36,x:96,y:403,w:352,h:17},
{t:"Hooks of thorns hang dried leaves",p:36,x:96,y:430,w:312,h:17},
{t:"on a warm afternoon breeze.",p:36,x:96,y:457,w:259,h:17},
{t:"The road to Kasane is straight and narrow.",p:36,x:96,y:483,w:391,h:17},
{t:"In silence and sun",p:36,x:96,y:510,w:168,h:17},
{t:"only the dissonant clop of a donkeys hooves",p:36,x:96,y:537,w:407,h:17},
{t:"upon the dusty apron, sounds the rough-shod journey",p:36,x:96,y:563,w:495,h:17},
{t:"of a weathered man heading north.",p:36,x:96,y:590,w:316,h:17},
{t:"Back bent and gaze intent,",p:36,x:96,y:617,w:243,h:17},
{t:"a willow whip dangles from his hand.",p:36,x:96,y:643,w:337,h:17},
{t:"His eyes slit into leathery skin",p:36,x:96,y:670,w:279,h:17},
{t:"fix upon the liquid blue blur of distant horizon.",p:36,x:96,y:697,w:431,h:17},
{t:"That unreachable point of meeting place",p:36,x:96,y:723,w:368,h:17},
{t:"between land and sky",p:36,x:96,y:750,w:198,h:17},
{t:"that leads him home.",p:36,x:96,y:777,w:193,h:17},
{t:"Sharon Scott",p:36,x:60,y:197,w:155,h:21},
{t:"\"To cease upon the midnight with no pain\"",p:36,x:685,y:304,w:390,h:17},
{t:"--John Keats, Ode to a Nightingale",p:36,x:685,y:331,w:311,h:17},
{t:"I am forever singing farewell",p:36,x:685,y:384,w:258,h:17},
{t:"because it is my nature,",p:36,x:685,y:411,w:219,h:17},
{t:"my queer upbringing when",p:36,x:685,y:438,w:244,h:17},
{t:"innocence fled at dawn;",p:36,x:685,y:464,w:215,h:17},
{t:"inexperienced bird fluttering",p:36,x:685,y:491,w:261,h:17},
{t:"toward no specific destination.",p:36,x:685,y:518,w:282,h:17},
{t:"Body fatigued by gravity's unmitigated honesty.",p:36,x:685,y:571,w:434,h:17},
{t:"Mind wearied by judgments",p:36,x:685,y:624,w:250,h:17},
{t:"cast and retained.",p:36,x:685,y:651,w:163,h:17},
{t:"Dusk arrives dyed in mystery.",p:36,x:685,y:704,w:272,h:17},
{t:"Questions perched on a nightingale limb",p:36,x:685,y:731,w:371,h:17},
{t:"illumined beneath the moon.",p:36,x:685,y:758,w:264,h:17},
{t:"Luscinia Megarynchos",p:36,x:655,y:121,w:426,h:55},
{t:"Luscinia Megarynchos",p:36,x:655,y:120,w:426,h:55},
{t:"Luscinia Megarynchos",p:36,x:655,y:121,w:426,h:55},
{t:"Phillip M. Roberts",p:36,x:655,y:197,w:209,h:21},
{t:"Expressions, A Literary Collection",p:37,x:401,y:31,w:512,h:43},
{t:"Expressions, A Literary Collection",p:37,x:401,y:31,w:512,h:43},
{t:"Expressions, A Literary Collection",p:37,x:400,y:31,w:512,h:43},
{t:"First Edition 2009",p:37,x:554,y:925,w:151,h:15},
{t:"37",p:37,x:1228,y:926,w:20,h:15},
{t:"SUBWAY RIDE",p:37,x:120,y:118,w:352,h:49},
{t:"Russell H. Krauss",p:37,x:423,y:194,w:248,h:33},
{t:"Diane Dresden waited as the subway train roared into the station",p:37,x:90,y:315,w:582,h:17},
{t:"and screeched to a stop.  She hurried to the nearest sliding door",p:37,x:90,y:345,w:575,h:17},
{t:"and stepped on.  Curiously, no other passengers boarded or",p:37,x:90,y:375,w:571,h:17},
{t:"disembarked during the crest of the late afternoon rush hour. ",p:37,x:90,y:405,w:574,h:17},
{t:"She glanced about quickly, then scurried to a nearby vacant",p:37,x:90,y:435,w:573,h:17},
{t:"parallel bench seat and sat down.  Usually she had to stand. ",p:37,x:90,y:465,w:575,h:17},
{t:"Good.  She was tired from her long day at the office, and the",p:37,x:90,y:495,w:574,h:17},
{t:"frenetic pace of living and working in the city.  A real rat race,",p:37,x:90,y:525,w:574,h:17},
{t:"she thought, and riding on the subway always made her feel",p:37,x:90,y:555,w:574,h:17},
{t:"ratty.",p:37,x:90,y:585,w:47,h:17},
{t:"The train lurched forward, and Diane swayed to and fro before",p:37,x:120,y:615,w:553,h:17},
{t:"settling firmly into her seat.  She glanced furtively at her fellow",p:37,x:90,y:645,w:573,h:17},
{t:"passengers, none of whom look",p:37,x:90,y:675,w:301,h:17},
{t:"ed at anyone else. Subway",p:37,x:403,y:675,w:251,h:17},
{t:"etiquette.  She wondered idly why none of those standing had",p:37,x:90,y:705,w:572,h:17},
{t:"taken her seat, but her thoughts soon drifted back to the of fice,",p:37,x:90,y:735,w:574,h:17},
{t:"and the political atmosphere that she found so repugnant.  And",p:37,x:90,y:765,w:574,h:17},
{t:"then there was the long comm ute home, most of it on the subway",p:37,x:90,y:795,w:577,h:17},
{t:",",p:37,x:659,y:795,w:5,h:17},
{t:"this noisy, dirty, impersonal mode of travel that always drew the",p:37,x:90,y:825,w:572,h:17},
{t:"weirdos and crazies from the catacombs of the city.",p:37,x:90,y:855,w:471,h:17},
{t:"The train passed from the station into a dark tunnel and she",p:37,x:120,y:885,w:541,h:17},
{t:"watched absently as occasional beacons flashed by, as the inside",p:37,x:684,y:107,w:576,h:17},
{t:"lighting flickered on and off, as the train rocked back and forth",p:37,x:684,y:137,w:573,h:17},
{t:"and squealed around the bends, until a queer and pregnant",p:37,x:684,y:167,w:567,h:17},
{t:"stillness aroused her.",p:37,x:684,y:197,w:198,h:17},
{t:"It felt as if someone were staring at her",p:37,x:714,y:227,w:346,h:17},
{t:", measuring her against",p:37,x:1052,y:227,w:211,h:17},
{t:"the others.  Her eyes darted about the compartment. No one",p:37,x:684,y:257,w:572,h:17},
{t:"spoke, but that was the norm at this hour , as solitary commuters",p:37,x:684,y:287,w:575,h:17},
{t:"traveled home, purposely oblivious to everyone else.  But she",p:37,x:684,y:317,w:574,h:17},
{t:"met no one’s gaze, so what had triggered this eerie sensation? ",p:37,x:684,y:347,w:572,h:17},
{t:"No one moved, turned a page in a newspaper, glanced into the",p:37,x:684,y:377,w:574,h:17},
{t:"tunnel, or stole a fleeting look at the others.  Even the man",p:37,x:684,y:407,w:574,h:17},
{t:"grasping a steel pole while pretending to read a magazine stood",p:37,x:684,y:437,w:572,h:17},
{t:"still as a statue over the woman with the plunging neckline below",p:37,x:684,y:467,w:585,h:17},
{t:",",p:37,x:1254,y:467,w:5,h:17},
{t:"not even craning his neck to get a better view of her cleavage.",p:37,x:684,y:497,w:560,h:17},
{t:"Everyone bore the same, blank facial expressions, as if they",p:37,x:714,y:527,w:543,h:17},
{t:"were blind and insentient, and they stood so resolutely still that",p:37,x:684,y:557,w:574,h:17},
{t:"they didn’t seem to breathe, not even the lecherous voyeur. ",p:37,x:684,y:587,w:577,h:17},
{t:"Then, all at once, like an epiphany—",p:37,x:684,y:617,w:333,h:17},
{t:"They were mannequins!  Every single one of them.  This was",p:37,x:714,y:647,w:544,h:17},
{t:"a carful of shiny plastic human replicas, frozen in time and space,",p:37,x:684,y:677,w:589,h:17},
{t:"traveling to some inscrutable destination.",p:37,x:684,y:707,w:381,h:17},
{t:"“Excuse me,” Diane said softly to the woman sitting in the",p:37,x:714,y:737,w:542,h:17},
{t:"adjacent seat, not quite believing what her eyes told her.  The",p:37,x:684,y:767,w:574,h:17},
{t:"woman didn’t respond, not even after Diane tugged on her sleeve",p:37,x:684,y:797,w:575,h:17},
{t:"and said again, “Excuse me, but—”",p:37,x:684,y:827,w:319,h:17},
{t:"Not a word, not a movement.  Diane touched the woman’s",p:37,x:714,y:857,w:545,h:17},
{t:"hand, and recoiled, alarmed by the cold, plastic texture of it. ",p:37,x:684,y:887,w:573,h:17},
{t:"Skyline Publications “Bringing The World Together Through The Arts”",p:38,x:391,y:927,w:591,h:15},
{t:"38",p:38,x:60,y:924,w:20,h:15},
{t:"Abruptly, she stood up.  “Is anybody here real?” she asked, in a",p:38,x:60,y:97,w:574,h:17},
{t:"voice that frightened her as much as the bizarre scene before",p:38,x:60,y:127,w:573,h:17},
{t:"her.  She looked forward and aft, studying all the figures, but",p:38,x:60,y:157,w:572,h:17},
{t:"they remained stock-still and deathly silent.  Jesus.  What on",p:38,x:60,y:187,w:574,h:17},
{t:"earth was going on here?  She sat back down, shivering, but",p:38,x:60,y:217,w:573,h:17},
{t:"determined not to let it spook her. And why should it?  It was",p:38,x:60,y:247,w:574,h:17},
{t:"just a crowded subway car transporting inanimate f",p:38,x:60,y:277,w:489,h:17},
{t:"ashion",p:38,x:570,y:277,w:62,h:17},
{t:"models to one of the major department stores uptown.  So what?",p:38,x:60,y:307,w:575,h:17},
{t:"But she knew that was ridiculous.  They would ship them on",p:38,x:90,y:337,w:543,h:17},
{t:"a truck.  And they weren’t modeling the latest fashions. They",p:38,x:60,y:367,w:574,h:17},
{t:"were impersonating commuters.  Who would create such an",p:38,x:60,y:397,w:572,h:17},
{t:"improbable exhibit, and why?",p:38,x:60,y:427,w:269,h:17},
{t:"Still, she convinced herself that it was an entirely harmless",p:38,x:90,y:457,w:542,h:17},
{t:"prank of some sort, not threatening in any way. The woman",p:38,x:60,y:487,w:574,h:17},
{t:"across from her, for example, just stared off into space, minding",p:38,x:60,y:517,w:574,h:17},
{t:"her own business, except . . .  somehow, she had formed a frown,",p:38,x:60,y:547,w:575,h:17},
{t:"and focused now on Diane, and so, too, did the man sitting next",p:38,x:60,y:577,w:571,h:17},
{t:"to her.  Quickly, Diane averted her gaze, and turned to the v oyeur,",p:38,x:60,y:607,w:575,h:17},
{t:"who—oh my God—now gawked at her as well!",p:38,x:60,y:637,w:417,h:17},
{t:"She glanced rapidly from dummy to dummy.  All of them had",p:38,x:90,y:667,w:544,h:17},
{t:"turned their eyes on her, without appearing to move at all.  And",p:38,x:60,y:697,w:574,h:17},
{t:"their expressions had sharpened, too; some seemed curious,",p:38,x:60,y:727,w:572,h:17},
{t:"some disapproving, and still others irritated, as if they had just",p:38,x:60,y:757,w:572,h:17},
{t:"discovered her presence, and resented her intrusion upon them. ",p:38,x:60,y:787,w:582,h:17},
{t:"Indeed, Diane winced under those accusing stares that seemed",p:38,x:60,y:817,w:572,h:17},
{t:"to tell her that she did not belong here.",p:38,x:60,y:847,w:357,h:17},
{t:"She became so self-conscious that she leapt from her seat. ",p:38,x:90,y:877,w:542,h:17},
{t:"She couldn’t take this any longer.  She knew it had to be an",p:38,x:655,y:97,w:573,h:17},
{t:"illusion, like those portraits in which the eyes of the subjects",p:38,x:655,y:127,w:572,h:17},
{t:"followed you no matter which way you walked, but it was so",p:38,x:655,y:157,w:574,h:17},
{t:"unnerving that she could not endure it.  She would switch cars,",p:38,x:655,y:187,w:573,h:17},
{t:"and she started forward, passing the dummies with their steely",p:38,x:655,y:217,w:573,h:17},
{t:"stares one by one, until she saw the sign on the closed door at",p:38,x:655,y:247,w:573,h:17},
{t:"the end:",p:38,x:655,y:277,w:74,h:17},
{t:"        Positively No Admittance",p:38,x:690,y:337,w:273,h:17},
{t:"She turned around and headed backwards on the train,",p:38,x:685,y:397,w:527,h:17},
{t:"dodging the standees as they grasped the upright poles and",p:38,x:655,y:427,w:569,h:17},
{t:"hanging straps.  She could feel the heat from their scowls as",p:38,x:655,y:457,w:573,h:17},
{t:"she passed, and she put her head down and hunched her",p:38,x:655,y:487,w:549,h:17},
{t:"shoulders to shield herself from their umbrage.",p:38,x:655,y:517,w:433,h:17},
{t:"At the end of the car she found another sign posted to the",p:38,x:685,y:547,w:541,h:17},
{t:"left of the door, behind the last seat:",p:38,x:655,y:577,w:331,h:17},
{t:"        In Case of Emergency",p:38,x:685,y:637,w:242,h:17},
{t:"Just below the sign was a clear plastic case, with a severed",p:38,x:685,y:697,w:542,h:17},
{t:"mannequin’s hand inside.  And stashed in the corner was a",p:38,x:655,y:727,w:570,h:17},
{t:"scythe.  She puzzled over the display, which resembled a fire",p:38,x:655,y:757,w:574,h:17},
{t:"emergency station with a hose encased in glass, and a hammer",p:38,x:655,y:787,w:572,h:17},
{t:"to break it alongside, but this graphic parody made her skin",p:38,x:655,y:817,w:572,h:17},
{t:"crawl, and she turned away with distaste.  Her eyes brushed past",p:38,x:655,y:847,w:576,h:17},
{t:"a figure toward the front, a young woman, who had taken the",p:38,x:655,y:877,w:574,h:17},
{t:"Expressions, A Literary Collection",p:39,x:401,y:31,w:512,h:43},
{t:"Expressions, A Literary Collection",p:39,x:401,y:31,w:512,h:43},
{t:"Expressions, A Literary Collection",p:39,x:400,y:31,w:512,h:43},
{t:"First Edition 2009",p:39,x:554,y:925,w:151,h:15},
{t:"39",p:39,x:1228,y:926,w:20,h:15},
{t:"seat she had just vacated.  Where had she come from?",p:39,x:90,y:97,w:496,h:17},
{t:"Enough!  She fled to the next car, where she observed a group",p:39,x:120,y:127,w:547,h:17},
{t:"of ordinary commuters, maybe half as many as there were",p:39,x:90,y:157,w:554,h:17},
{t:"mannequins up front, and she let out a long sigh of relief.",p:39,x:90,y:187,w:526,h:17},
{t:"She drifted down the aisle, avoiding eye contact with the",p:39,x:120,y:217,w:543,h:17},
{t:"passengers, reluctant to engage them, lest they not be human",p:39,x:90,y:247,w:571,h:17},
{t:"after all.  She settled into the same relative vacant seat she",p:39,x:90,y:277,w:568,h:17},
{t:"occupied in the first car.  She pretended that she might have",p:39,x:90,y:307,w:573,h:17},
{t:"imagined the incident.",p:39,x:90,y:337,w:204,h:17},
{t:"She sat back and closed her eyes, rocking gently to the",p:39,x:120,y:367,w:533,h:17},
{t:"motion of the train, but opened them suddenly as it screeched",p:39,x:90,y:397,w:572,h:17},
{t:"loudly around a curve.  She looked straight across at the man",p:39,x:90,y:427,w:573,h:17},
{t:"and woman opposite her.  She recognized them.  They were",p:39,x:90,y:457,w:573,h:17},
{t:"mannequins, identical to the pair on the f",p:39,x:90,y:487,w:400,h:17},
{t:"irst car!  But her",p:39,x:501,y:487,w:162,h:17},
{t:"surprise turned to shock, when she realized that the man was",p:39,x:90,y:517,w:572,h:17},
{t:"missing his left arm, and the woman her right.  And then they",p:39,x:90,y:547,w:574,h:17},
{t:"began to move, herky-jerky, swiveling around and back, like",p:39,x:90,y:577,w:575,h:17},
{t:"agitating washing machines.  Their heads bobbed, lone arms",p:39,x:90,y:607,w:573,h:17},
{t:"flapped, and fish-eyes stared lifelessly forward.",p:39,x:90,y:637,w:429,h:17},
{t:"Diane looked away quickly , and studied the other passengers. ",p:39,x:120,y:667,w:552,h:17},
{t:"They, too, were duplicates of the mannequins in the first car,",p:39,x:90,y:697,w:575,h:17},
{t:"positioned similarly, but she didn’t see the lecherous man, or",p:39,x:90,y:727,w:573,h:17},
{t:"the object of his lust, or many of the others, either.  And all",p:39,x:90,y:757,w:574,h:17},
{t:"those present began to twitch, and were missing limbs, like the",p:39,x:90,y:787,w:575,h:17},
{t:"couple across from her",p:39,x:90,y:817,w:207,h:17},
{t:".  It was all she could do to stif",p:39,x:290,y:817,w:268,h:17},
{t:"le a screech. ",p:39,x:550,y:817,w:116,h:17},
{t:"This was a car half full of dismembered plastic bodies, twisting,",p:39,x:90,y:847,w:572,h:17},
{t:"thrusting and quaking in a macabre dance, perhaps reacting to",p:39,x:90,y:877,w:572,h:17},
{t:"the violent amputation of their limbs. ",p:39,x:684,y:97,w:372,h:17},
{t:" And then, ever so",p:39,x:1072,y:97,w:176,h:17},
{t:"gradually, they turned their heads toward Diane, their eyes and",p:39,x:684,y:127,w:572,h:17},
{t:"faces projecting pain and suffering and animosity.",p:39,x:684,y:157,w:459,h:17},
{t:"Diane jumped from her seat again.  She couldn’t sit here with",p:39,x:714,y:187,w:546,h:17},
{t:"these mutilated freaks shaking and convulsing in silent rage",p:39,x:684,y:217,w:572,h:17},
{t:"and agony.  Her skin prickled all over as chills ran up her spine",p:39,x:684,y:247,w:572,h:17},
{t:"and she shook with fear and dread.  Going back was out of the",p:39,x:684,y:277,w:574,h:17},
{t:"question, so she raced down the aisle to the end of the car and",p:39,x:684,y:307,w:572,h:17},
{t:"opened the door to the next, then slammed it shut as soon as",p:39,x:684,y:337,w:571,h:17},
{t:"she was safely inside.  Her knees wobbled, and her heart pounded",p:39,x:684,y:367,w:584,h:17},
{t:"so loudly she could hear it in her ears.  She shivered at the",p:39,x:684,y:397,w:573,h:17},
{t:"thought of what might lurk in this car.  Cautiously, she turned",p:39,x:684,y:427,w:574,h:17},
{t:"around, preparing herself for yet another shock.",p:39,x:684,y:457,w:439,h:17},
{t:"At first she didn’t know what to make of it.  Weird shapes,",p:39,x:714,y:487,w:544,h:17},
{t:"tubes, objects and unsightly rubble slid and rolled about the",p:39,x:684,y:517,w:572,h:17},
{t:"seats and floor as the subway tore through the tunnel and around",p:39,x:684,y:547,w:585,h:17},
{t:"torturous curves, lights pulsating lik e a stroboscope illuminating",p:39,x:684,y:577,w:581,h:17},
{t:"a bevy of writhing vermin in a haunted room.  And then she",p:39,x:684,y:607,w:574,h:17},
{t:"screamed, as she recognized what all this stuff was: body parts,",p:39,x:684,y:637,w:573,h:17},
{t:"limbs, a horrible maze of arms and legs, hands and feet, and",p:39,x:684,y:667,w:574,h:17},
{t:"even a body from the waist down, all fleshy and rubbery and . . . ",p:39,x:684,y:697,w:572,h:17},
{t:"No!  She wouldn’t let the grisly words into her head.  These were",p:39,x:684,y:727,w:574,h:17},
{t:"the missing body parts from the passengers up front, but they",p:39,x:684,y:757,w:571,h:17},
{t:"weren’t made of plastic.  They were like real, human . . .  She",p:39,x:684,y:787,w:575,h:17},
{t:"gagged with revulsion at the bloody carnage before her.",p:39,x:684,y:817,w:504,h:17},
{t:"What ghoulish prank was someone playing here?  She stood",p:39,x:714,y:847,w:544,h:17},
{t:"paralyzed with shock and dismay",p:39,x:684,y:877,w:315,h:17},
{t:", unable to imagine what",p:39,x:1013,y:877,w:235,h:17},
{t:"Skyline Publications “Bringing The World Together Through The Arts”",p:40,x:391,y:927,w:591,h:15},
{t:"40",p:40,x:60,y:924,w:20,h:15},
{t:"tortured, twisted, maniacal mind could render such savage",p:40,x:60,y:97,w:557,h:17},
{t:"horror, or why.  This was a circus train from hell, riding the",p:40,x:60,y:127,w:572,h:17},
{t:"underground rails for some diabolical, unfathomable purpose.",p:40,x:60,y:157,w:569,h:17},
{t:"She shut her eyes, suppressing the urge to scream again or",p:40,x:90,y:187,w:542,h:17},
{t:"vomit, telling herself that these weren’t real body parts, only",p:40,x:60,y:217,w:572,h:17},
{t:"the work of some sick, depraved sculptor.  But when she opened",p:40,x:60,y:247,w:575,h:17},
{t:"them, she knew she couldn’t bear the sight of these grisly",p:40,x:60,y:277,w:559,h:17},
{t:"remains any longer, nor could she go forward and face those",p:40,x:60,y:307,w:574,h:17},
{t:"mutilated, gyrating mannequins again, so she sprinted toward",p:40,x:60,y:337,w:572,h:17},
{t:"the rear, stepping over and kicking body parts aside, gagging",p:40,x:60,y:367,w:572,h:17},
{t:"and retching as she went.",p:40,x:60,y:397,w:234,h:17},
{t:"She stopped at the door, and peered through a small square",p:40,x:90,y:427,w:543,h:17},
{t:"window into the next car, half full of commuters, apparently",p:40,x:60,y:457,w:573,h:17},
{t:"whole, and she rushed inside, leaving the slaughterhouse",p:40,x:60,y:487,w:546,h:17},
{t:"behind.  These were not shiny, plastic mannequins, thank God. ",p:40,x:60,y:517,w:573,h:17},
{t:"But her respite was short-lived, as she spotted the lecherous",p:40,x:60,y:547,w:572,h:17},
{t:"man and the woman with the cleavage, and as she studied the",p:40,x:60,y:577,w:572,h:17},
{t:"other occupants she recognized them, too.  They had all been",p:40,x:60,y:607,w:574,h:17},
{t:"on the first car, except, like the body parts, they were composed",p:40,x:60,y:637,w:573,h:17},
{t:"of this same rubbery , flesh like material.  Where were the missing",p:40,x:60,y:667,w:579,h:17},
{t:"plastic limbs of the mannequins on the second car?  And to",p:40,x:60,y:697,w:574,h:17},
{t:"whom did the body parts on the third car belong?  It made no",p:40,x:60,y:727,w:574,h:17},
{t:"sense, and yet there was a compelling, gruesome symmetry, an",p:40,x:60,y:757,w:574,h:17},
{t:"order that, while it defied reason, seemed utterly logical, and",p:40,x:60,y:787,w:573,h:17},
{t:"purposeful.  But what could that purpose be?",p:40,x:60,y:817,w:413,h:17},
{t:"And there was that young woman again, the one who had",p:40,x:90,y:847,w:542,h:17},
{t:"taken her seat on the first car.  There was something about her. ",p:40,x:60,y:877,w:573,h:17},
{t:"Was she human?  She had to find out.",p:40,x:655,y:97,w:348,h:17},
{t:"She approached the young woman, blonde and slim lik",p:40,x:685,y:127,w:524,h:17},
{t:"e",p:40,x:1219,y:127,w:10,h:17},
{t:"herself, and then stopped short and gasped when she realized",p:40,x:655,y:157,w:572,h:17},
{t:"the woman wore the same clothes and accessories, right down",p:40,x:655,y:187,w:572,h:17},
{t:"to her shoes and purse.  She could have been her twin.  But she",p:40,x:655,y:217,w:574,h:17},
{t:"was a plastic mannequin, unlike the others in this car. Why?  It",p:40,x:655,y:247,w:574,h:17},
{t:"was crazy.  It was like a sinister puzzle, a challenge that she had",p:40,x:655,y:277,w:573,h:17},
{t:"to solve.  But the meaning of it, the message, eluded her, except",p:40,x:655,y:307,w:574,h:17},
{t:"that she sensed, intuitively, that she was part of the mystery,",p:40,x:655,y:337,w:574,h:17},
{t:"and in grave danger.  She could not make sense of the clues, the",p:40,x:655,y:367,w:573,h:17},
{t:"ruptured plastic dummies, the bloody, lifelike limbs and pieces,",p:40,x:655,y:397,w:574,h:17},
{t:"the intact bodies of plastic and rubbery f lesh.  What did it mean? ",p:40,x:655,y:427,w:575,h:17},
{t:"She shook her head in frustration.  She just couldn’t figure it",p:40,x:655,y:457,w:574,h:17},
{t:"out.  And then there was that warning, and that scythe.  What",p:40,x:655,y:487,w:574,h:17},
{t:"was she supposed to do with it?",p:40,x:655,y:517,w:292,h:17},
{t:"She looked toward the rear of the car.  It was the end of the",p:40,x:685,y:547,w:543,h:17},
{t:"train, and there was nowhere else for her to go.  She took a few",p:40,x:655,y:577,w:574,h:17},
{t:"more steps until she stood abreast of her plastic twin.  “What",p:40,x:655,y:607,w:574,h:17},
{t:"are you doing here?” she whispered.",p:40,x:655,y:637,w:333,h:17},
{t:"She moved!  She stretched, stiffly and awkwardly, and then",p:40,x:685,y:667,w:544,h:17},
{t:"swiveled her head, from side to side, and then back again until",p:40,x:655,y:697,w:572,h:17},
{t:"her eyes settled on Diane.  She formed a sly smile, and then",p:40,x:655,y:727,w:573,h:17},
{t:"shifted her body so she pointed toward the nearest exit.",p:40,x:655,y:757,w:508,h:17},
{t:"The tunnel brightened suddenly as the subway hurtled into",p:40,x:685,y:787,w:542,h:17},
{t:"a station, the first since this hellish ride began.  The mannequin",p:40,x:655,y:817,w:575,h:17},
{t:"stood up and made her way to the door.  The street name flashed",p:40,x:655,y:847,w:574,h:17},
{t:"by the windows and Diane recognized it as her stop, where she",p:40,x:655,y:877,w:572,h:17},
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{t:"needed to get off, but a strange lethargy overcame her, and she",p:41,x:90,y:97,w:574,h:17},
{t:"sat down to rest, in the seat the dummy had vacated, as if she",p:41,x:90,y:127,w:572,h:17},
{t:"had been charmed by hypnotic suggestion.  Her feet and legs",p:41,x:90,y:157,w:574,h:17},
{t:"grew numb, and the sensation crept up her body, immobilizing",p:41,x:90,y:187,w:574,h:17},
{t:"her, until it dawned on her that the mannequin meant to steal",p:41,x:90,y:217,w:572,h:17},
{t:"her place in the world, and that if she didn’t stop it, right now,",p:41,x:90,y:247,w:575,h:17},
{t:"she would be forever condemned to ride this train, in this car,",p:41,x:90,y:277,w:575,h:17},
{t:"like the others. That was why her lifeless companions wore",p:41,x:90,y:307,w:573,h:17},
{t:"expressions of shock and horror",p:41,x:90,y:337,w:309,h:17},
{t:".  She had but seconds to",p:41,x:409,y:337,w:246,h:17},
{t:"extricate herself from certain doom.  But how?  How, dammit,",p:41,x:90,y:367,w:574,h:17},
{t:"how?  She felt like a block of setting concrete.  What could she",p:41,x:90,y:397,w:574,h:17},
{t:"do?  She managed to turn her head toward the back of the train,",p:41,x:90,y:427,w:571,h:17},
{t:"where she saw yet another emergency warning, this one with a",p:41,x:90,y:457,w:572,h:17},
{t:"plastic foot encased in a glass faced compartment:",p:41,x:90,y:487,w:462,h:17},
{t:"            For Emergency Use Only",p:41,x:120,y:547,w:292,h:17},
{t:"And a scythe rested below.",p:41,x:120,y:607,w:244,h:17},
{t:"Oh God no, she thought, as she understood finally what she",p:41,x:120,y:637,w:544,h:17},
{t:"had to do.  But could she? She was so tired.  Could she muster",p:41,x:90,y:667,w:574,h:17},
{t:"the will to break this spell?  Could she?  With a mighty heave,",p:41,x:90,y:697,w:574,h:17},
{t:"she struggled to her feet and pulled herself away from her seat,",p:41,x:90,y:727,w:574,h:17},
{t:"and then dashed back to the end of the car and grabbed the",p:41,x:90,y:757,w:572,h:17},
{t:"deadly scythe.  She rushed toward her",p:41,x:90,y:787,w:349,h:17},
{t:"double, raising the instrument and screaming with horror",p:41,x:120,y:817,w:542,h:17},
{t:"as she prepared to destroy it before it got off and away.",p:41,x:90,y:847,w:501,h:17},
{t:"The train roared into the middle of the station, lurching and",p:41,x:120,y:877,w:541,h:17},
{t:"screeching, then braking so suddenly that Diane stumbled",p:41,x:684,y:97,w:556,h:17},
{t:"forward, swinging the scythe desperately and recklessly, but",p:41,x:684,y:127,w:575,h:17},
{t:"succeeding only in slicing off the right leg from just below the",p:41,x:684,y:157,w:573,h:17},
{t:"knee, whereupon her nemesis tripped and crashed into one of",p:41,x:684,y:187,w:572,h:17},
{t:"the seats.",p:41,x:684,y:217,w:88,h:17},
{t:"The train halted abruptly, and the lights went out.  The door",p:41,x:714,y:247,w:544,h:17},
{t:"opened, and Diane’s momentum propelled her headlong, just",p:41,x:684,y:277,w:573,h:17},
{t:"behind the mannequin’s severed leg, and they both tumbled out",p:41,x:684,y:307,w:573,h:17},
{t:"onto the platform, amidst a maelstrom of screams and roars",p:41,x:684,y:337,w:572,h:17},
{t:"and gusty winds and flashing bright lights, while the train then",p:41,x:684,y:367,w:573,h:17},
{t:"charged on, as if it had never stopped at all.",p:41,x:684,y:397,w:398,h:17},
{t:"Diane black",p:41,x:714,y:427,w:111,h:17},
{t:"ed out momentarily from the thudding",p:41,x:842,y:427,w:367,h:17},
{t:"concussion, then woke to the screams of a woman right beside",p:41,x:684,y:457,w:572,h:17},
{t:"her.",p:41,x:684,y:487,w:35,h:17},
{t:"“Oh my God!” the woman shouted.  “She lost her balance",p:41,x:714,y:517,w:543,h:17},
{t:"and the train hit her , ripped her leg right of",p:41,x:684,y:547,w:425,h:17},
{t:"f.  Oh my God,",p:41,x:1117,y:547,w:139,h:17},
{t:"somebody call 911!”  And she started to cry hysterically.",p:41,x:684,y:577,w:518,h:17},
{t:"Diane opened her eyes and found herself lying on her back,",p:41,x:714,y:607,w:542,h:17},
{t:"looking up at a throng of shocked and horrified faces, yelling",p:41,x:684,y:637,w:574,h:17},
{t:"for help.  She was dazed, but she felt no pain at all.  She started",p:41,x:684,y:667,w:574,h:17},
{t:"to push herself up when the woman pressed gently on her",p:41,x:684,y:697,w:559,h:17},
{t:"shoulders.",p:41,x:684,y:727,w:97,h:17},
{t:"“Don’t move!” the woman implored.  “Stay there until the",p:41,x:714,y:757,w:543,h:17},
{t:"EMS team arrives.”",p:41,x:684,y:787,w:174,h:17},
{t:"“Maybe they can reattach it,” a man said.",p:41,x:714,y:817,w:374,h:17},
{t:"What on earth were they talking about?  Diane sat up, despite",p:41,x:714,y:847,w:547,h:17},
{t:"their protestations.  She felt all right, woozy from her violent",p:41,x:684,y:877,w:573,h:17},
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{t:"struggle on that hell-bound train, but back in the real world",p:42,x:60,y:97,w:571,h:17},
{t:"now, unharmed, except everyone acted as if she’d been involved",p:42,x:60,y:127,w:574,h:17},
{t:"in some horrible accident, that she’d lost her leg, which was",p:42,x:60,y:157,w:572,h:17},
{t:"ridiculous because she could see both of them, in front of her,",p:42,x:60,y:187,w:575,h:17},
{t:"below the hem of the skirt to her business suit.",p:42,x:60,y:217,w:434,h:17},
{t:"“I’m all right,” she said to them.  “I must have fallen down,",p:42,x:90,y:247,w:544,h:17},
{t:"or fainted, but I’m fine now, honest I am.”",p:42,x:60,y:277,w:381,h:17},
{t:"The woman who had screamed before now looked down at",p:42,x:90,y:307,w:542,h:17},
{t:"Diane’s legs and screamed anew.  “I saw it.  It sailed over on to",p:42,x:60,y:337,w:573,h:17},
{t:"the tracks, I tell you!”",p:42,x:60,y:367,w:199,h:17},
{t:"There was brief pandemonium as the witnesses scurried",p:42,x:90,y:397,w:536,h:17},
{t:"hither and thither, looking for the woman who had been battered",p:42,x:60,y:427,w:578,h:17},
{t:"by a rushing train and lost a leg, but she was nowhere to be",p:42,x:60,y:457,w:572,h:17},
{t:"found, and they returned to minister to Diane, still seated,",p:42,x:60,y:487,w:560,h:17},
{t:"wondering what the commotion was.",p:42,x:60,y:517,w:334,h:17},
{t:"“I’m all right.  I’m fine,” Diane said again.",p:42,x:90,y:547,w:378,h:17},
{t:"“I tell you I saw it,” the woman insisted.  “The train hit the",p:42,x:90,y:577,w:543,h:17},
{t:"woman and her leg was severed.”",p:42,x:60,y:607,w:301,h:17},
{t:"“Then where is she?” asked a man.",p:42,x:90,y:637,w:323,h:17},
{t:"Diane struggled to stand up in all the confusion.  Two men",p:42,x:90,y:667,w:544,h:17},
{t:"came to assist her, supporting her on either side as she regained",p:42,x:60,y:697,w:577,h:17},
{t:"her feet and leaned against a concrete stanchion, catching her",p:42,x:60,y:727,w:572,h:17},
{t:"breath.",p:42,x:60,y:757,w:64,h:17},
{t:"“Over there, in the track bay,” the woman said.",p:42,x:90,y:787,w:428,h:17},
{t:"“Where?” asked another man, who looked up and down the",p:42,x:90,y:817,w:543,h:17},
{t:"tracks.  “Nobody’s there, no severed leg.”",p:42,x:60,y:847,w:376,h:17},
{t:"The woman walked over toward him, shaking her head.",p:42,x:90,y:877,w:502,h:17},
{t:"Diane’s attention drifted a way from the woman, and she",p:42,x:685,y:97,w:538,h:17},
{t:"looked down at herself, as the two men held her steady.  “I’m all",p:42,x:655,y:127,w:574,h:17},
{t:"right, thank you.  I’m okay.”",p:42,x:655,y:157,w:257,h:17},
{t:"“Are you sure, miss?” one of them asked.",p:42,x:685,y:187,w:381,h:17},
{t:"“Yes.  Just let me take a step or two.”  She put her left leg",p:42,x:685,y:217,w:543,h:17},
{t:"forward, then dragged her right foot along.  It felt wooden at",p:42,x:655,y:247,w:574,h:17},
{t:"first, but soon she was limping along, kicking the kinks out,",p:42,x:655,y:277,w:572,h:17},
{t:"getting the hang of it, although her right leg still felt curiously",p:42,x:655,y:307,w:574,h:17},
{t:"stiff and numb.",p:42,x:655,y:337,w:139,h:17},
{t:"“I can manage now, thank you,” Diane said.",p:42,x:685,y:367,w:398,h:17},
{t:"“Are you sure?”",p:42,x:685,y:397,w:145,h:17},
{t:"“Just a bruise, when I fell.  It’s coming along.”",p:42,x:685,y:427,w:423,h:17},
{t:"The men departed.  Diane’s gait smoothed out as she worked",p:42,x:685,y:457,w:544,h:17},
{t:"the stiffness from her right leg.  But it remained stubbornly n umb",p:42,x:655,y:487,w:575,h:17},
{t:"from the knee to her foot, as if it had fallen asleep.  She looked",p:42,x:655,y:517,w:574,h:17},
{t:"down at it.  She stood under a bright light.  “Come on,” she told",p:42,x:655,y:547,w:573,h:17},
{t:"her foot.  “Let’s get the blood flowing again.”  Her leg looked",p:42,x:655,y:577,w:574,h:17},
{t:"shiny below the knee, ref lecting the light from above.  She",p:42,x:655,y:607,w:573,h:17},
{t:"reached down and tapped it with her fingertips.",p:42,x:655,y:637,w:430,h:17},
{t:"“Tock, tock, tock,” it went, sounding hollow, the skin hard",p:42,x:685,y:667,w:543,h:17},
{t:"to the touch, like plastic, like the leg of one of those mannequins",p:42,x:655,y:697,w:578,h:17},
{t:"on her nightmarish subway ride.",p:42,x:655,y:727,w:296,h:17},
{t:"And then she knew that’s what it was.  “Oh my God,” she",p:42,x:685,y:757,w:543,h:17},
{t:"said.  Her lower right leg was now a rubbery stump riding on car",p:42,x:655,y:787,w:572,h:17},
{t:"number three in some netherworld, and the severed plastic leg",p:42,x:655,y:817,w:574,h:17},
{t:"of her mannequin twin had been fused in its place.  She muffled",p:42,x:655,y:847,w:574,h:17},
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{t:"hell had done to its human passengers.",p:43,x:90,y:97,w:360,h:17},
{t:"She’d grasped only half of it when she attacked her double.",p:43,x:120,y:127,w:544,h:17},
{t:"What if she hadn’t stumbled while trying to dispatch that",p:43,x:90,y:157,w:547,h:17},
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{t:"Faded vessel",p:43,x:120,y:429,w:115,h:17},
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{t:"Awe-inspiring mystery",p:43,x:714,y:303,w:204,h:17},
{t:"Adolescent",p:43,x:714,y:353,w:101,h:17},
{t:"You take one wrong step",p:43,x:714,y:468,w:224,h:17},
{t:"You find yourself falling",p:43,x:714,y:493,w:219,h:17},
{t:"You’ve slipped",p:43,x:714,y:518,w:130,h:17},
{t:"Lost control",p:43,x:714,y:543,w:111,h:17},
{t:"You’re blind and in a nosedive",p:43,x:714,y:568,w:274,h:17},
{t:"You must grasp for something",p:43,x:714,y:593,w:274,h:17},
{t:"Anything",p:43,x:714,y:618,w:83,h:17},
{t:"To stop your plunge from heaven",p:43,x:714,y:643,w:299,h:17},
{t:"Before you hit rock bottom in hell",p:43,x:714,y:668,w:310,h:17},
{t:"The effects of your mistake are snowballing",p:43,x:714,y:693,w:400,h:17},
{t:"You’ll ruin everything",p:43,x:714,y:718,w:196,h:17},
{t:"SUDDENLY!",p:43,x:714,y:743,w:109,h:17},
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{t:"A saviour",p:43,x:714,y:793,w:85,h:17},
{t:"A gentle reminder",p:43,x:714,y:818,w:163,h:17},
{t:"To watch your step",p:43,x:714,y:843,w:172,h:17},
{t:"And let the world fall down around you",p:43,x:714,y:868,w:355,h:17},
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{t:"The Lazy Man’s T",p:43,x:685,y:402,w:394,h:55},
{t:"The Lazy Man’s T rap",p:43,x:684,y:403,w:431,h:56},
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{t:"Dirty chiton is dirty chiton",p:44,x:90,y:250,w:244,h:17},
{t:"this tale a travesty",p:44,x:90,y:280,w:168,h:17},
{t:"I read we giggle",p:44,x:90,y:310,w:139,h:17},
{t:"and wend our way light-heartedly",p:44,x:90,y:340,w:302,h:17},
{t:"like talking figs, or pomegranates",p:44,x:90,y:370,w:307,h:17},
{t:"to the beach",p:44,x:90,y:400,w:112,h:17},
{t:"where our nakedness delights the",p:44,x:90,y:430,w:309,h:17},
{t:"land insufferable!",p:44,x:90,y:460,w:161,h:17},
{t:"Alcinoos thinks this picturesque",p:44,x:90,y:490,w:300,h:17},
{t:"and sighs pre-Raphalite as we pass the palace",p:44,x:90,y:520,w:417,h:17},
{t:"bearing baskets of smelly socks",p:44,x:90,y:550,w:292,h:17},
{t:"This tale, I tell you, will never find home",p:44,x:90,y:580,w:369,h:17},
{t:"but drift from place to place",p:44,x:90,y:610,w:253,h:17},
{t:"and in telling it to the voluble guest",p:44,x:90,y:640,w:327,h:17},
{t:"will make us naked and sweet",p:44,x:90,y:670,w:273,h:17},
{t:"and ripe he whines that it is not his fault",p:44,x:90,y:700,w:375,h:17},
{t:"his stout organ a powerful thought",p:44,x:90,y:730,w:316,h:17},
{t:"a loyal mercenary in his battle with love",p:44,x:90,y:760,w:364,h:17},
{t:"As if a dream we make ourselves",p:44,x:90,y:790,w:298,h:17},
{t:"With surreal matter in our eyes",p:44,x:90,y:820,w:285,h:17},
{t:"as He crawls ashore muttering,",p:44,x:90,y:850,w:283,h:17},
{t:"this hinged shelled thing so good with words",p:44,x:90,y:880,w:409,h:17},
{t:"I’m told the proud shipbuilders",p:44,x:685,y:250,w:284,h:17},
{t:"measure our soft prows with their eyes",p:44,x:685,y:280,w:356,h:17},
{t:"and dream as we flow through their sea-like gaze.",p:44,x:685,y:310,w:452,h:17},
{t:"Unlike him, they have few words but large hands",p:44,x:685,y:340,w:444,h:17},
{t:"that speak pelagic sounds of love- - I do not mind",p:44,x:685,y:370,w:449,h:17},
{t:"these undulations their roughness",p:44,x:685,y:400,w:317,h:17},
{t:"as long as they dream kindness. . .",p:44,x:685,y:430,w:317,h:17},
{t:"Yet, run your hands over my soft feet",p:44,x:685,y:460,w:339,h:17},
{t:"archipelagoes of calluses",p:44,x:685,y:490,w:229,h:17},
{t:"Like she said",p:44,x:685,y:520,w:121,h:17},
{t:"we are early in our aristocracy",p:44,x:685,y:550,w:276,h:17},
{t:"late in getting to the beach today",p:44,x:685,y:580,w:299,h:17},
{t:"Oh look",p:44,x:685,y:640,w:72,h:17},
{t:"a love thing washed ashore!",p:44,x:685,y:670,w:252,h:17},
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{t:"Ragged breathing just above her face woke her from a slumber",p:45,x:90,y:326,w:574,h:17},
{t:"void of dream.  It must be my own breath, she reasoned in dreary",p:45,x:90,y:356,w:576,h:17},
{t:"haze.  Disturbing though, was her last thought before rolling",p:45,x:90,y:386,w:573,h:17},
{t:"over and drifting back to sleep, alone in her bed.",p:45,x:90,y:416,w:441,h:17},
{t:"She awoke to the frigid, dull morning f",p:45,x:120,y:446,w:375,h:17},
{t:"eeling tired and",p:45,x:509,y:446,w:148,h:17},
{t:"anxious, as if she’d not slept a wink.  I must be coming down",p:45,x:90,y:476,w:574,h:17},
{t:"with something—it’s the flu season…",p:45,x:90,y:506,w:344,h:17},
{t:"Sarah dragged herself from the warmth of her bed.  She always",p:45,x:120,y:536,w:557,h:17},
{t:"dressed immediately upon awakening, even though she had no",p:45,x:90,y:566,w:573,h:17},
{t:"place to go. She had been one of the unfortunate layoffs from",p:45,x:90,y:596,w:574,h:17},
{t:"the paralegal position she’d held for almost four years, and her",p:45,x:90,y:626,w:572,h:17},
{t:"busy days were replaced by boredom and debilitating fatigue.",p:45,x:90,y:656,w:574,h:17},
{t:"Depression? She wondered.  With this economy, it’s no wonder",p:45,x:90,y:686,w:574,h:17},
{t:"people are depressed, even committing suicide! Losing life",p:45,x:90,y:716,w:566,h:17},
{t:"savings, being cheated out of their hard earned money. Poor",p:45,x:90,y:746,w:574,h:17},
{t:"bastards.",p:45,x:90,y:776,w:87,h:17},
{t:"“Maggie?” Sarah spoke into the phone.  “Feel like lunch?”",p:45,x:120,y:806,w:534,h:17},
{t:"“Sure,” her sister replied.  “Where and when?”",p:45,x:120,y:836,w:426,h:17},
{t:"“Soon—I’m climbing walls here.” Sarah answered gloomily.",p:45,x:120,y:866,w:545,h:17},
{t:"“I’ll pick you up.  Say…about an hour?  Does that give you enough",p:45,x:684,y:104,w:590,h:17},
{t:"time to get ready?”",p:45,x:684,y:134,w:173,h:17},
{t:"Sarah glimpsed her image in the mirror.  Her pale blonde",p:45,x:714,y:164,w:544,h:17},
{t:"highlights extended at least four inches beyond their brown",p:45,x:684,y:194,w:569,h:17},
{t:"roots, lackluster, as her life.  A once willowy figure had plumped",p:45,x:684,y:224,w:574,h:17},
{t:"a few inches, and Sarah, normally quite attractive, was not happy",p:45,x:684,y:254,w:581,h:17},
{t:"about her recent stress eating habit, or indulgence of comfort",p:45,x:684,y:284,w:571,h:17},
{t:"foods that in reality, offered no comfort.",p:45,x:684,y:314,w:365,h:17},
{t:"“Enough time?” Maggie laughed.  “Hey lady of leisure, I’ve",p:45,x:714,y:344,w:545,h:17},
{t:"been up for hours. The school bus comes at 7 am remember?",p:45,x:684,y:374,w:560,h:17},
{t:"Sarah didn’t.",p:45,x:714,y:404,w:116,h:17},
{t:"Sarah had fallen into bed exhausted, but after a seemingly",p:45,x:714,y:434,w:543,h:17},
{t:"endless bout of tossing and turning, sleep gradually consumed",p:45,x:684,y:464,w:572,h:17},
{t:"her.  She dreamed vivid dreams of deceased relatives, past lovers,",p:45,x:684,y:494,w:582,h:17},
{t:"being chased up the stairs of her home by intruders with guns",p:45,x:684,y:524,w:572,h:17},
{t:"and knives. In her sleep, Sarah was almost always running,",p:45,x:684,y:554,w:567,h:17},
{t:"feeling threatened and lost.  Her nights were never peaceful.",p:45,x:684,y:584,w:572,h:17},
{t:"This drained her, she was certain. Hence, the reason she felt so",p:45,x:684,y:614,w:575,h:17},
{t:"tired—accounting for the increased onslaught of night terrors.",p:45,x:684,y:644,w:569,h:17},
{t:"Sarah had a history of night terrors, originating as far back",p:45,x:714,y:674,w:544,h:17},
{t:"as she could recall.  Her mind would suddenly wak e from a sound",p:45,x:684,y:704,w:577,h:17},
{t:"sleep, but her body would remain paralyzed. At the onset, Sarah",p:45,x:684,y:734,w:572,h:17},
{t:"was terrorized, but she eventually grew to deal with the af",p:45,x:684,y:764,w:514,h:17},
{t:"fliction.",p:45,x:1189,y:764,w:71,h:17},
{t:"She had researched sleep paralysis and read that",p:45,x:684,y:794,w:507,h:17},
{t:"neurotransmitter signals in the brain turned sleep on and of f.",p:45,x:684,y:824,w:575,h:17},
{t:"Mine must be incredibly screwed up—Sarah felt helpless.",p:45,x:684,y:854,w:527,h:17},
{t:"To scream for help within your mind during sleep paralysis",p:45,x:714,y:884,w:542,h:17},
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{t:"46",p:46,x:60,y:924,w:20,h:15},
{t:"was a horrible experience. Fighting like hell to open your eyes—",p:46,x:60,y:97,w:574,h:17},
{t:"to lift a limb, yet remain unable to move or speak…and be at",p:46,x:60,y:127,w:572,h:17},
{t:"their mercy was horrendous. Feeling things unseen; experiencing",p:46,x:60,y:157,w:589,h:17},
{t:"the sensation of “not being alone in your bed, when indeed you",p:46,x:60,y:187,w:572,h:17},
{t:"are alone in your bed,” or the jolt of something watching you,",p:46,x:60,y:217,w:572,h:17},
{t:"groping you, taunting you, could drive a soul insane with fear",p:46,x:60,y:247,w:574,h:17},
{t:"and hopelessness—especially when there was no way to actually",p:46,x:60,y:277,w:580,h:17},
{t:"combat these terrifying encounters.",p:46,x:60,y:307,w:326,h:17},
{t:"Spiritual sleep paralysis and demonic presence—now that",p:46,x:90,y:337,w:542,h:17},
{t:"one scared the hell out of Sarah.  She had also researched the",p:46,x:60,y:367,w:572,h:17},
{t:"paranormal—because she knew—she had a sixth sense.  She",p:46,x:60,y:397,w:572,h:17},
{t:"had studied ",p:46,x:60,y:427,w:118,h:17},
{t:"The Bible of ",p:46,x:189,y:427,w:123,h:17},
{t:"Witches, Ghosts and Demonic",p:46,x:325,y:427,w:293,h:17},
{t:"Possession, to gain insight and protection from the world of the",p:46,x:60,y:457,w:572,h:17},
{t:"supernatural and paranormal activity . Seduction and sexual",p:46,x:60,y:487,w:570,h:17},
{t:"attacks of the incubus were by far, the most brutal events. Sarah",p:46,x:60,y:517,w:575,h:17},
{t:"learned never to sleep in a supine position, because then you",p:46,x:60,y:547,w:572,h:17},
{t:"were more vulnerable to those things that preyed upon living",p:46,x:60,y:577,w:572,h:17},
{t:"victims weakened by sleep. It took diligence, but she learned to",p:46,x:60,y:607,w:572,h:17},
{t:"strengthen her spirit, to remain alert and aware while asleep.",p:46,x:60,y:637,w:574,h:17},
{t:"Don’t let your guard down—and never accept them; for once",p:46,x:60,y:667,w:574,h:17},
{t:"you let them in, they’ll never leave. You’ll be haunted forever.",p:46,x:60,y:697,w:559,h:17},
{t:"They rarely attacked the living awake, but in slumber, well—",p:46,x:90,y:727,w:544,h:17},
{t:"that was a different story—that was their time; when spirits met",p:46,x:60,y:757,w:574,h:17},
{t:"and good encountered evil. That would be the most extraordinary",p:46,x:60,y:787,w:584,h:17},
{t:"battle for power—and they were incredibly powerful.",p:46,x:60,y:817,w:478,h:17},
{t:"The fall day was cloudy and damp, with the smell of rain in",p:46,x:90,y:847,w:542,h:17},
{t:"the air.  Sarah drove fifteen minutes across town to Maggie’s",p:46,x:60,y:877,w:575,h:17},
{t:"house.  She was too tired to walk to the door and ring the bell so",p:46,x:655,y:97,w:572,h:17},
{t:"she tapped the car horn, twice rapidly.  Maggie appeared, a broad",p:46,x:655,y:127,w:575,h:17},
{t:"smile on her face, waving hello as she sprinted down the walk.",p:46,x:655,y:157,w:570,h:17},
{t:"“Hey,” Maggie grinned. Her energy and bliss was Sarah’ s",p:46,x:685,y:187,w:545,h:17},
{t:"strength. “Technically it’s still breakfast time.  Eleven is a bit",p:46,x:655,y:217,w:573,h:17},
{t:"early for lunch.  Want to run into Macy’s first? I’d like to pick up",p:46,x:655,y:247,w:574,h:17},
{t:"a dress, or two, or three,” she giggled, just like when they were",p:46,x:655,y:277,w:574,h:17},
{t:"kids sharing secrets.",p:46,x:655,y:307,w:191,h:17},
{t:"“Sure,” Sarah replied although the thought of lumbering",p:46,x:685,y:337,w:536,h:17},
{t:"around a department store while Maggie pa",p:46,x:655,y:367,w:411,h:17},
{t:"wed through",p:46,x:1103,y:367,w:117,h:17},
{t:"everything on the racks was not pleasant.",p:46,x:655,y:397,w:380,h:17},
{t:"Sarah felt a lead weight suddenly fall across her feet and",p:46,x:685,y:427,w:544,h:17},
{t:"legs. It seemed so real as it restrained her . This is what awakened",p:46,x:655,y:457,w:575,h:17},
{t:"her mind. But as usual, her body would not move.  ",p:46,x:655,y:487,w:498,h:17},
{t:"Oh no,",p:46,x:1164,y:487,w:65,h:17},
{t:"struggling to be brave she instructed her brain, not again…not",p:46,x:655,y:517,w:574,h:17},
{t:"again, and she fought the horrifying paralysis with f",p:46,x:655,y:547,w:503,h:17},
{t:"ierce",p:46,x:1183,y:547,w:44,h:17},
{t:"determination of body and soul. “Our Father who art in heaven,",p:46,x:655,y:577,w:571,h:17},
{t:"hallowed be thy name,” she prayed for help. “Thy kingdom come,",p:46,x:655,y:607,w:582,h:17},
{t:"thy will be done on earth as it is in Heaven…”",p:46,x:655,y:637,w:416,h:17},
{t:"But to get even an eyelid to open a crack was impossible.",p:46,x:685,y:667,w:542,h:17},
{t:"She felt a strong presence, as if someone or something was",p:46,x:655,y:697,w:572,h:17},
{t:"standing beside her. She was on her side!  She was not in a",p:46,x:655,y:727,w:574,h:17},
{t:"supine position! She felt something pounce on the bed, press",p:46,x:655,y:757,w:573,h:17},
{t:"against her back, then slide around her body .  “I believe in Jesus,",p:46,x:655,y:787,w:577,h:17},
{t:"I believe in Jesus, I believe in Jesus,” reeled in her head, as",p:46,x:655,y:817,w:572,h:17},
{t:"Sarah strained to achieve mobility and resist the presence that",p:46,x:655,y:847,w:572,h:17},
{t:"hovered above her—an oppressive, nameless entity that was",p:46,x:655,y:877,w:568,h:17},
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{t:"bearing down upon her.",p:47,x:90,y:97,w:216,h:17},
{t:"In her haste to awaken, Sarah actually thought she had arisen",p:47,x:120,y:127,w:551,h:17},
{t:"from bed, escaped the horror as she stepped into her slippers,",p:47,x:90,y:157,w:572,h:17},
{t:"longing to run from the room where she f elt the presence gaining",p:47,x:90,y:187,w:577,h:17},
{t:"control. But when everything remained black and fuzzy she",p:47,x:90,y:217,w:566,h:17},
{t:"realized her mistake; she was not standing on the floor wearing",p:47,x:90,y:247,w:574,h:17},
{t:"her slippers—she was still imprisoned.",p:47,x:90,y:277,w:356,h:17},
{t:"One eye strained to open. For a split second Sarah glimpsed",p:47,x:120,y:307,w:542,h:17},
{t:"a flash of light. Then hard as she fought, she felt herself being",p:47,x:90,y:337,w:574,h:17},
{t:"dragged back into darkness, as if drugged, yet mind all too a",p:47,x:90,y:367,w:536,h:17},
{t:"ware.",p:47,x:617,y:367,w:48,h:17},
{t:"She felt hands upon her body, pulling at her, poking at her,",p:47,x:90,y:397,w:575,h:17},
{t:"exploring fingers. Sarah flew into full panic mode. Why can’t I",p:47,x:90,y:427,w:574,h:17},
{t:"wake up? This has to be the worst nightmare. She wanted to",p:47,x:90,y:457,w:574,h:17},
{t:"call out to her daughter, who slept soundly in the next room. To",p:47,x:89,y:487,w:574,h:17},
{t:"curl up next to Sandy in her soft bed as she’d done so many",p:47,x:89,y:517,w:572,h:17},
{t:"times in the past, when her daughter was small and fought her",p:47,x:89,y:547,w:572,h:17},
{t:"own bad dreams— but Sarah was frozen stiff. And she was angry .",p:47,x:89,y:577,w:575,h:17},
{t:"This is a curse!",p:47,x:89,y:607,w:142,h:17},
{t:"“Have you heard from John?” Maggie asked over lunch.",p:47,x:120,y:637,w:508,h:17},
{t:"“Not since last month,” Sarah sipped her iced tea. Her half",p:47,x:120,y:667,w:542,h:17},
{t:"eaten BLT was pushed to the side of the table.",p:47,x:89,y:697,w:420,h:17},
{t:"“I’d like to slam him for putting you through this.”",p:47,x:120,y:727,w:461,h:17},
{t:"“I’m putting me through this. He has nothing to do with it. I",p:47,x:120,y:757,w:541,h:17},
{t:"could let go you know—if I wanted to.”",p:47,x:89,y:787,w:352,h:17},
{t:"“So why don’t you then?”",p:47,x:120,y:817,w:233,h:17},
{t:"“Because I guess I don’t want to….I’ll never be able to let go.",p:47,x:120,y:847,w:542,h:17},
{t:"I always told him, even when I die, I’ll be thinking of him—he’ll",p:47,x:89,y:877,w:572,h:17},
{t:"be right there with me every moment till the end—if there is an",p:47,x:684,y:97,w:575,h:17},
{t:"end.” Sarah sounded morose. “So I guess that’s how it’ll be.”",p:47,x:684,y:127,w:557,h:17},
{t:"“Geeze, Sarah,” Maggie expelled a wavering breath, “I hope",p:47,x:714,y:157,w:542,h:17},
{t:"you won’t be thinking of him fondly when you’re laying on your",p:47,x:684,y:187,w:571,h:17},
{t:"death-bed.”  She wrapped her arms around herself as if suddenly",p:47,x:684,y:217,w:578,h:17},
{t:"chilled. “You’re giving me goose bumps—you know that?  You’re",p:47,x:684,y:247,w:575,h:17},
{t:"depressing the shit out of me. Plus you sound like shit, and you",p:47,x:684,y:277,w:574,h:17},
{t:"look like shit.  You’re so pale and moody.” Maggie drained the",p:47,x:684,y:307,w:574,h:17},
{t:"last sip of coffee from her cup.",p:47,x:684,y:337,w:279,h:17},
{t:"“I know…” Sarah sighed.  “It’",p:47,x:714,y:367,w:260,h:17},
{t:"s these terrible dreams and damn",p:47,x:967,y:367,w:300,h:17},
{t:"night terrors.  I can’t catch a decent night’s sleep.”",p:47,x:684,y:397,w:464,h:17},
{t:"“Even with Valium?” Maggie’s concern rose as she watched",p:47,x:714,y:427,w:543,h:17},
{t:"the threatened look distort her sister’s face.  Sarah seemed to",p:47,x:684,y:457,w:574,h:17},
{t:"be aging far too quickly.",p:47,x:684,y:487,w:220,h:17},
{t:"“What about trying Ambien?”",p:47,x:714,y:517,w:268,h:17},
{t:" “Yeah, sure,” Sarah smirked.  “Night terrors while under",p:47,x:714,y:547,w:542,h:17},
{t:"the influence of Ambien,” she laughed wryly. “Wouldn’t that be",p:47,x:684,y:577,w:575,h:17},
{t:"something. I’ll be in the middle of a nightmare and never be able",p:47,x:684,y:607,w:575,h:17},
{t:"to wake myself up.”  Oh God, just the thought made Sarah shiver .",p:47,x:684,y:637,w:575,h:17},
{t:"“Then go to the doctor,” Maggie demanded.",p:47,x:714,y:667,w:394,h:17},
{t:"“Yeah, maybe I will,” Sarah’s voice was distant.",p:47,x:714,y:697,w:430,h:17},
{t:"Sarah worried about everything; money",p:47,x:714,y:727,w:370,h:17},
{t:", the kids, who",p:47,x:1107,y:727,w:143,h:17},
{t:"although in their twenties, still lived with her",p:47,x:684,y:757,w:404,h:17},
{t:". She’d always worry",p:47,x:1080,y:757,w:182,h:17},
{t:"about them as if they were babies. Sarah worried how to pay the",p:47,x:684,y:787,w:572,h:17},
{t:"mortgage on unemployment checks and alimony. Everything",p:47,x:684,y:817,w:574,h:17},
{t:"seemed to be crashing in on her.  No wonder she was having",p:47,x:684,y:847,w:573,h:17},
{t:"horrid night terrors.  Anyone would.",p:47,x:684,y:877,w:334,h:17},
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{t:"48",p:48,x:60,y:924,w:20,h:15},
{t:"“Ready to go?”",p:48,x:90,y:97,w:135,h:17},
{t:"“Sure. I’ll get the check,” Maggie offered. “And I’ve got the",p:48,x:90,y:127,w:544,h:17},
{t:"tip too.”",p:48,x:59,y:157,w:74,h:17},
{t:"Sarah didn’t object. “What are you doing this afternoon?”",p:48,x:90,y:187,w:542,h:17},
{t:"she asked her sister.",p:48,x:59,y:217,w:190,h:17},
{t:"“Tons,” Maggie grimaced.”Ugh, laundry’",p:48,x:90,y:247,w:372,h:17},
{t:"s piled up to the",p:48,x:470,y:247,w:159,h:17},
{t:"ceiling.  Have to pick up Bill’",p:48,x:59,y:277,w:279,h:17},
{t:"s dry cleaning. Clean the",p:48,x:371,y:277,w:237,h:17},
{t:"house…we’re having one of his clients over tonight.  How about",p:48,x:59,y:307,w:571,h:17},
{t:"you? Doing anything later?”",p:48,x:59,y:337,w:257,h:17},
{t:"“Nah,” Sarah shrugged. “Nothing.”",p:48,x:90,y:367,w:314,h:17},
{t:"Sarah fell asleep to the hushed debates on Fox News, the TV",p:48,x:90,y:397,w:543,h:17},
{t:"volume low, timer set for two hours. Sleep came swiftly .  Perhaps",p:48,x:59,y:427,w:575,h:17},
{t:"it was the sound of the rain outside her window that brought a",p:48,x:59,y:457,w:571,h:17},
{t:"sense of calm; perhaps she would sleep undisturbed.  Sarah",p:48,x:59,y:487,w:572,h:17},
{t:"loved the rain. It helped her sleep. She wished it would rain",p:48,x:59,y:517,w:572,h:17},
{t:"every night. Pellets of sleet mixed with rain began to slam against",p:48,x:59,y:547,w:584,h:17},
{t:"the window, threatening to crack the glass. She could almost",p:48,x:59,y:577,w:572,h:17},
{t:"hear the sound of shattering glass. Sarah’s mind awakened to",p:48,x:59,y:607,w:574,h:17},
{t:"the feeling of someone or something brushing against her hair,",p:48,x:59,y:637,w:575,h:17},
{t:"and suddenly her hair was being pulled.  She was being pulled",p:48,x:59,y:667,w:574,h:17},
{t:"and lifted. Her mind alert, she screamed her usual, NO…NOT",p:48,x:59,y:697,w:574,h:17},
{t:"AGAIN…I WON’T LET THIS HAPPEN AGAIN… but the presence",p:48,x:59,y:727,w:574,h:17},
{t:"was much more persistent, tugging at the bed covers.  She felt",p:48,x:59,y:757,w:575,h:17},
{t:"the sheet creeping across her torso. Something clamped down",p:48,x:59,y:787,w:572,h:17},
{t:"upon her mouth. She was smothering. “I believe in Jesus, I",p:48,x:59,y:817,w:569,h:17},
{t:"believe in Jesus…Our Father who art in heaven,” her mind",p:48,x:59,y:847,w:561,h:17},
{t:"screeched, “hallowed be thy name.” God help me! Wake me up!",p:48,x:59,y:877,w:574,h:17},
{t:"Panic overcame Sarah.  I can’t wake up this time!  John! Sarah",p:48,x:655,y:97,w:574,h:17},
{t:"screamed in silence.  John, help me!",p:48,x:655,y:127,w:335,h:17},
{t:"“Sarah Madison? Car accident! Where is she?”  Maggie begged",p:48,x:655,y:187,w:572,h:17},
{t:"breathlessly as she ran into the hospital.  “I was just with",p:48,x:655,y:217,w:559,h:17},
{t:"her…She just dropped me off …I can’t believe this…” she stam-",p:48,x:655,y:247,w:573,h:17},
{t:"mered as she was rushed down the brightly lit corridor toward",p:48,x:655,y:277,w:572,h:17},
{t:"ICU where doctors and nurses gathered around Sarah.",p:48,x:655,y:307,w:494,h:17},
{t:"“Will she be ok?” Maggie asked one of the doctors as she",p:48,x:685,y:337,w:543,h:17},
{t:"stood in the doorway, hesitant to enter—then gasped when she",p:48,x:655,y:367,w:572,h:17},
{t:"saw her sister’s body so still, wrapped in a white sheet that",p:48,x:655,y:397,w:572,h:17},
{t:"matched the color of her skin.",p:48,x:655,y:427,w:276,h:17},
{t:"His shoulders half shrugged, “We’re doing all we can. We’re",p:48,x:685,y:457,w:544,h:17},
{t:"putting her on life support. Then the rest is up to her.”",p:48,x:655,y:487,w:502,h:17},
{t:"“What do you mean, the rest is up to her?”",p:48,x:685,y:517,w:391,h:17},
{t:"“Whether or not she wakes up. It’s up to her now—but I have",p:48,x:685,y:547,w:543,h:17},
{t:"to tell you, it doesn’t look hopeful…vitals unstable with erratic",p:48,x:655,y:577,w:571,h:17},
{t:"brain activity,” the doctor spoke professionally yet gently as he",p:48,x:655,y:607,w:573,h:17},
{t:"added, “The police are over there,” he motioned to the nurse’s",p:48,x:655,y:637,w:574,h:17},
{t:"station at the end of the hall.  “They want to talk to the next of",p:48,x:655,y:667,w:571,h:17},
{t:"kin about the details.”",p:48,x:655,y:697,w:204,h:17},
{t:"Details? Maggie began to sob. This can’t be possible.  They",p:48,x:685,y:727,w:544,h:17},
{t:"had been together not more than two hours ago! This is too",p:48,x:655,y:757,w:574,h:17},
{t:"bizarre to be real.",p:48,x:655,y:787,w:164,h:17},
{t:"“What happened?” Maggie asked the officer who nodded in",p:48,x:685,y:817,w:544,h:17},
{t:"her direction as she neared. “I’m Sarah’s sister.”",p:48,x:655,y:847,w:444,h:17},
{t:"“I’m sorry…she didn’t stand much of a chance. The sleet—",p:48,x:685,y:877,w:543,h:17},
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{t:"Expressions, A Literary Collection",p:49,x:401,y:31,w:512,h:43},
{t:"Expressions, A Literary Collection",p:49,x:400,y:31,w:512,h:43},
{t:"First Edition 2009",p:49,x:554,y:925,w:151,h:15},
{t:"49",p:49,x:1228,y:926,w:20,h:15},
{t:"the roads were slick…the truck slammed her car head on,” he",p:49,x:90,y:97,w:572,h:17},
{t:"stated with as much compassion as a seasoned cop could offer.",p:49,x:90,y:127,w:575,h:17},
{t:"“The paramedics at the scene did all they could. Her car was",p:49,x:90,y:157,w:572,h:17},
{t:"crushed—her legs were pinned. Airbags never deployed—head",p:49,x:90,y:187,w:572,h:17},
{t:"hit the windshield. They got her out as fast as they could. They",p:49,x:90,y:217,w:571,h:17},
{t:"did their best to keep her alive.”",p:49,x:90,y:247,w:293,h:17},
{t:"Maggie felt so alone. Her mind raced. Thank goodness the",p:49,x:120,y:277,w:544,h:17},
{t:"kids were still at school. She’d have to break the news to them",p:49,x:90,y:307,w:573,h:17},
{t:"later that their only aunt had been in an auto accident moments",p:49,x:90,y:337,w:587,h:17},
{t:"after dropping their mother off at home. Maggie fought guilt.",p:49,x:90,y:367,w:573,h:17},
{t:"Why hadn’t she driven?  She should call John.  Even though he",p:49,x:90,y:397,w:574,h:17},
{t:"and Sarah weren’t together, John should know—he should be",p:49,x:90,y:427,w:573,h:17},
{t:"in on the decisions—the arrangements.",p:49,x:90,y:457,w:365,h:17},
{t:"“How is she?” John asked soberly as he entered the room.",p:49,x:120,y:487,w:543,h:17},
{t:"What confronted him was worse than he had expected.  Even",p:49,x:90,y:517,w:572,h:17},
{t:"though Maggie had sounded frantic on the phone—he wasn’t",p:49,x:90,y:547,w:572,h:17},
{t:"prepared for this. The sight of wires and tubes draping from",p:49,x:90,y:577,w:572,h:17},
{t:"every part of Sarah’s head and body caused the breath to catch",p:49,x:90,y:607,w:572,h:17},
{t:"in his throat. His heart flipped in his chest. Moving closer to",p:49,x:90,y:637,w:573,h:17},
{t:"Sarah, he wiped tears from his eyes.",p:49,x:90,y:667,w:330,h:17},
{t:"Sarah felt her head being lifted; damp locks of her hair gently",p:49,x:120,y:697,w:546,h:17},
{t:"stroked from her forehead.  Unconscious yet her mind alert,",p:49,x:90,y:727,w:572,h:17},
{t:"numbness began to take over. This time is different. Sarah didn’t",p:49,x:90,y:757,w:575,h:17},
{t:"pray. She felt cold sheets being tightened around her body. It",p:49,x:90,y:787,w:574,h:17},
{t:"seemed as if she was being rolled over, then back again, lying in",p:49,x:90,y:817,w:573,h:17},
{t:"a supine position. She was powerless. Strange, she thought—",p:49,x:90,y:847,w:574,h:17},
{t:"different sounds, dif",p:49,x:89,y:877,w:192,h:17},
{t:"ferent feelings, voices, hands entering",p:49,x:289,y:877,w:363,h:17},
{t:"darkness, always the damned darkness even when I’m awake.",p:49,x:684,y:97,w:575,h:17},
{t:"But I’m not awake. I can’t wake up. I can’t even lift a finger.",p:49,x:684,y:127,w:551,h:17},
{t:"“Sarah, it’s John,” he whispered.  “I’m here.  Hang in there",p:49,x:714,y:157,w:542,h:17},
{t:"Sarah…”  He glanced at Maggie who slumped in a chair in the",p:49,x:684,y:187,w:572,h:17},
{t:"corner of the room, and then toward the doctor standing on the",p:49,x:684,y:217,w:571,h:17},
{t:"other side of Sarah’s bed.  “What now?”",p:49,x:684,y:247,w:362,h:17},
{t:"“It’s up to the family,” was the doctor’s response.",p:49,x:714,y:277,w:450,h:17},
{t:"“You’re still her power of attorney John, did you know that?”",p:49,x:714,y:307,w:546,h:17},
{t:"Maggie’s words were harsh and echoed in her ears.  “Do you",p:49,x:684,y:337,w:572,h:17},
{t:"remember what she wanted?”",p:49,x:684,y:367,w:270,h:17},
{t:"Me, he wanted to say but instead replied, “She f iled her proxy:",p:49,x:714,y:397,w:546,h:17},
{t:"DNR, years ago—and look at her—look at us—standing here,",p:49,x:684,y:427,w:572,h:17},
{t:"living the nightmare.”",p:49,x:684,y:457,w:198,h:17},
{t:"John turned to the doctor, “Do you think she can hear us?”",p:49,x:714,y:487,w:543,h:17},
{t:"The doctor shook his head. “Not likely. She sustained a good",p:49,x:714,y:517,w:545,h:17},
{t:"deal of trauma.”",p:49,x:684,y:547,w:145,h:17},
{t:"“Does she have a chance? Will she come out of it?”",p:49,x:714,y:577,w:470,h:17},
{t:"“Well—I wish I could give you better news, but her condition",p:49,x:714,y:607,w:542,h:17},
{t:"has declined. She was all but gone when they brought her in—",p:49,x:684,y:637,w:572,h:17},
{t:"now brain activity has ceased altogether",p:49,x:684,y:667,w:381,h:17},
{t:". The ventilator is",p:49,x:1082,y:667,w:169,h:17},
{t:"breathing for her.”",p:49,x:684,y:697,w:168,h:17},
{t:"John was stunned, staring at Sarah in disbelief. ",p:49,x:714,y:727,w:465,h:17},
{t:"Thank",p:49,x:1198,y:727,w:60,h:17},
{t:"goodness she doesn’t know what’s happening. We can’t let her",p:49,x:684,y:757,w:574,h:17},
{t:"lay here in limbo. “I guess we have to carry out her wishes then.",p:49,x:684,y:787,w:572,h:17},
{t:"She’d never want to live this way.”",p:49,x:684,y:817,w:313,h:17},
{t:"After John signed the paperwork, the doctor pushed a few",p:49,x:714,y:847,w:545,h:17},
{t:"buttons, silencing the equipment.",p:49,x:684,y:877,w:309,h:17},
{t:"Skyline Publications “Bringing The World Together Through The Arts”",p:50,x:391,y:927,w:591,h:15},
{t:"50",p:50,x:60,y:924,w:20,h:15},
{t:"Sarah heard the crash, felt the impact, teardrops on her face,",p:50,x:90,y:97,w:544,h:17},
{t:"kisses on her cheek, then a sheet being pulled over her head.",p:50,x:59,y:127,w:561,h:17},
{t:"Then Sarah stopped fighting and yielded to nothingness, her",p:50,x:90,y:157,w:544,h:17},
{t:"hand cradled in John’s, his cheek pressed close to hers. The",p:50,x:59,y:187,w:573,h:17},
{t:"room was deathly still.  No one spoke as Sarah slipped from the",p:50,x:59,y:217,w:572,h:17},
{t:"terror of this life.",p:50,x:59,y:247,w:157,h:17},
{t:"Not yet one of them, Sarah would still have to face them.",p:50,x:90,y:277,w:516,h:17},
{t:"Freedom in a reverie.",p:50,x:89,y:608,w:192,h:17},
{t:"The thought a boat - on water -",p:50,x:89,y:661,w:280,h:17},
{t:"and a dog, the palm-thatched islands,",p:50,x:89,y:688,w:342,h:17},
{t:"sun, a tropic destination.",p:50,x:89,y:715,w:229,h:17},
{t:"For weeks, a month or more, to cruise",p:50,x:89,y:768,w:348,h:17},
{t:"beneath white sails, dark spars, blue skies,",p:50,x:89,y:795,w:396,h:17},
{t:"all reckoning by chance encounter.",p:50,x:89,y:821,w:322,h:17},
{t:"Newport Jamestown Bridge",p:50,x:60,y:437,w:468,h:55},
{t:"Newport Jamestown Bridge",p:50,x:60,y:436,w:468,h:55},
{t:"Newport Jamestown Bridge",p:50,x:60,y:437,w:468,h:55},
{t:"Donovan White",p:50,x:60,y:542,w:180,h:21},
{t:"The calculated drift proof positive",p:50,x:685,y:193,w:307,h:17},
{t:"of permanent connection to some real,",p:50,x:685,y:219,w:353,h:17},
{t:"complicit affirmation",p:50,x:685,y:246,w:192,h:17},
{t:"that all's not lost",p:50,x:685,y:273,w:155,h:17},
{t:"in solipsistic mania.",p:50,x:685,y:299,w:185,h:17},
{t:"The night, a curtain dropped beyond the rail.",p:50,x:685,y:353,w:408,h:17},
{t:"The offshore engined throb half heard, half felt.",p:50,x:685,y:379,w:432,h:17},
{t:"The silver halyard slap against the mast",p:50,x:685,y:433,w:363,h:17},
{t:"in rhythmed swell an atmospheric pulse,",p:50,x:685,y:459,w:372,h:17},
{t:"the tempo of a next day's weather.",p:50,x:685,y:486,w:311,h:17},
{t:"An intermittent sleep a swinging door,",p:50,x:685,y:539,w:350,h:17},
{t:"an unconsidered sensitivity",p:50,x:685,y:566,w:252,h:17},
{t:"drives dormic residues",p:50,x:685,y:593,w:208,h:17},
{t:"to overwhelm an absent watch.",p:50,x:685,y:619,w:281,h:17},
{t:"And lurking always, hints - each western cloud -",p:50,x:685,y:673,w:440,h:17},
{t:"of coming storm and outer turbulence.",p:50,x:685,y:699,w:353,h:17},
{t:"A vanishing perspective:",p:50,x:685,y:753,w:222,h:17},
{t:"tailgated traffic pulls away",p:50,x:685,y:779,w:240,h:17},
{t:"and strands the ship",p:50,x:685,y:806,w:188,h:17},
{t:"on bars of idle contemplation",p:50,x:685,y:833,w:268,h:17},
{t:"Expressions, A Literary Collection",p:51,x:401,y:31,w:512,h:43},
{t:"Expressions, A Literary Collection",p:51,x:401,y:31,w:512,h:43},
{t:"Expressions, A Literary Collection",p:51,x:400,y:31,w:512,h:43},
{t:"First Edition 2009",p:51,x:554,y:925,w:151,h:15},
{t:"51",p:51,x:1228,y:926,w:20,h:15},
{t:"I grew up not far from Lake Wobegone, and so it’s not too",p:51,x:120,y:209,w:544,h:17},
{t:"surprising that I have only recently become comfortable with",p:51,x:89,y:239,w:572,h:17},
{t:"calling myself an artist (the neighbors might say I was taking on",p:51,x:89,y:269,w:572,h:17},
{t:"airs.) But then I didn’t really have a definition of what ART was;",p:51,x:89,y:299,w:574,h:17},
{t:"I was one of the “I know what I like” kind of observers.",p:51,x:89,y:329,w:500,h:17},
{t:"I believe that art is finding the beauty that is – whether that",p:51,x:120,y:389,w:541,h:17},
{t:"beauty is external or internal, in the end, is immaterial. And,",p:51,x:89,y:419,w:572,h:17},
{t:"more and more I believe that everything is beautiful, or at least",p:51,x:89,y:449,w:572,h:17},
{t:"has beauty in it.",p:51,x:89,y:479,w:147,h:17},
{t:"I think the artist is just a very good listener – to the muse - to",p:51,x:120,y:539,w:544,h:17},
{t:"that little voice in his/her head saying stop the car now … get",p:51,x:89,y:569,w:572,h:17},
{t:"out and take that picture …. put this paint there ….  rub that out",p:51,x:89,y:599,w:572,h:17},
{t:"…. this shape is in that rock.  I may be making assumptions for",p:51,x:89,y:629,w:572,h:17},
{t:"other artists, but I think some pictures demand to be taken, and",p:51,x:89,y:659,w:575,h:17},
{t:"when they do, I listen.",p:51,x:89,y:689,w:202,h:17},
{t:"Photography really grounds me and forces me to be present,",p:51,x:120,y:749,w:542,h:17},
{t:"so I won’t miss those small quiet voices whispering “here, take",p:51,x:89,y:779,w:575,h:17},
{t:"me too.” I think that being present, or really paying close",p:51,x:89,y:809,w:551,h:17},
{t:"attention to your surroundings is an absolute necessity to taking",p:51,x:89,y:839,w:586,h:17},
{t:"consistently good pictures.",p:51,x:89,y:869,w:248,h:17},
{t:"There is a dichotomy found in this situation. The same image",p:51,x:714,y:554,w:550,h:17},
{t:"that requires me to be actively present in order to capture will",p:51,x:684,y:584,w:572,h:17},
{t:"present the viewer with a tool to aid in the remembering of",p:51,x:684,y:614,w:567,h:17},
{t:"another time or place, or in the very least remove them from",p:51,x:684,y:644,w:571,h:17},
{t:"their present surroundings. Someone said that an image is first",p:51,x:684,y:674,w:575,h:17},
{t:"created by the artist and then recreated by the viewer. I hope",p:51,x:684,y:704,w:574,h:17},
{t:"you enjoy the opportunity to co-create my images.",p:51,x:684,y:734,w:458,h:17},
{t:"Michael Aanji Crowley lives in a 120some year old farmhouse",p:51,x:714,y:794,w:545,h:17},
{t:"whose plumbing, wiring, walls and windows call out to him daily",p:51,x:684,y:824,w:576,h:17},
{t:"near West Branch, IA.",p:51,x:684,y:854,w:198,h:17},
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{t:"Expressions",p:51,x:90,y:108,w:136,h:34},
{t:"Expressions First Edition Art by Michael Aanji Crowley",p:51,x:90,y:108,w:557,h:34},
{t:"Skyline Publications “Bringing The World Together Through The Arts”",p:52,x:391,y:927,w:591,h:15},
{t:"52",p:52,x:60,y:924,w:20,h:15},
{t:"jacob erin-cilberto",p:52,x:60,y:357,w:182,h:17},
{t:" lives and",p:52,x:275,y:357,w:94,h:17},
{t:"teaches in Southern Illinois. He has",p:52,x:60,y:379,w:322,h:17},
{t:"written and published poetry since",p:52,x:60,y:401,w:320,h:17},
{t:"1970 and enjoys teaching poetry",p:52,x:60,y:423,w:308,h:17},
{t:"workshops to spread his love for the",p:52,x:60,y:445,w:325,h:17},
{t:"genre. Nominated for a Pushcart",p:52,x:60,y:467,w:307,h:17},
{t:"award for 2006-2008.",p:52,x:60,y:489,w:190,h:17},
{t:"Angelo Giambra",p:52,x:655,y:91,w:158,h:17},
{t:"’a most recent",p:52,x:823,y:91,w:136,h:17},
{t:"poems will appear in upcoming",p:52,x:655,y:113,w:296,h:17},
{t:"issues of Atlanta Review and T ipton",p:52,x:655,y:135,w:313,h:17},
{t:"Poetry Journal. He has also been",p:52,x:655,y:157,w:311,h:17},
{t:"published in Flutter , ken*again,",p:52,x:655,y:179,w:309,h:17},
{t:"Void Magazine, The Spillway",p:52,x:655,y:201,w:276,h:17},
{t:"Review and several other online",p:52,x:655,y:223,w:301,h:17},
{t:"journals. A Network Engineer living",p:52,x:655,y:245,w:320,h:17},
{t:"in Largo, Florida, he also has had",p:52,x:655,y:267,w:311,h:17},
{t:"over a dozen technical articles",p:52,x:655,y:289,w:290,h:17},
{t:"published.",p:52,x:655,y:311,w:96,h:17},
{t:"Caleb Caldwell is a senior at College",p:52,x:60,y:101,w:329,h:17},
{t:"of the Ozarks. His poetry has been",p:52,x:60,y:123,w:328,h:17},
{t:"published in The Gordian Knot, a",p:52,x:60,y:145,w:319,h:17},
{t:"college press.",p:52,x:60,y:167,w:125,h:17},
{t:"David Flynn has been featured in",p:52,x:60,y:624,w:314,h:17},
{t:"numerous publications including:",p:52,x:60,y:646,w:313,h:17},
{t:"Poetry Scotland, Poetic Hours,",p:52,x:60,y:668,w:289,h:17},
{t:"Snakeskin, Decanto, Ancient heart",p:52,x:60,y:690,w:315,h:17},
{t:"and Poetry, Songs and Writers of",p:52,x:60,y:712,w:314,h:17},
{t:"Scotland. He recently had work",p:52,x:60,y:734,w:298,h:17},
{t:"accepted by the New York Review,",p:52,x:60,y:756,w:315,h:17},
{t:"\"Strong Verse\" journal and The",p:52,x:60,y:778,w:303,h:17},
{t:"Loch Raven Review his f",p:52,x:60,y:800,w:245,h:17},
{t:"irst",p:52,x:339,y:800,w:31,h:17},
{t:"ventures into the North American",p:52,x:60,y:822,w:313,h:17},
{t:"market.",p:52,x:60,y:844,w:70,h:17},
{t:"Jan Oskar Hansen is a poet, story",p:52,x:655,y:615,w:309,h:17},
{t:"teller and seaf",p:52,x:655,y:637,w:142,h:17},
{t:"arer , born in",p:52,x:819,y:637,w:132,h:17},
{t:"Stavanger, Norway.  His poetry has",p:52,x:655,y:659,w:308,h:17},
{t:"been widely published in hard copy",p:52,x:655,y:681,w:316,h:17},
{t:"and online, worldwide. Jan is",p:52,x:655,y:703,w:279,h:17},
{t:"widely read and fluent in several",p:52,x:655,y:725,w:307,h:17},
{t:"languages, knowledge often",p:52,x:655,y:747,w:272,h:17},
{t:"acquired at night during his many",p:52,x:655,y:769,w:307,h:17},
{t:"years at sea. He chose to write",p:52,x:655,y:791,w:295,h:17},
{t:"primarily in English following",p:52,x:655,y:813,w:280,h:17},
{t:"enthusiastic reception of his work",p:52,x:655,y:835,w:309,h:17},
{t:"from English-speaking editors and",p:52,x:655,y:857,w:312,h:17},
{t:"readers.",p:52,x:655,y:879,w:73,h:17},
{t:"Taylor Graham is a volunteer search-and-rescue dog handler.",p:52,x:655,y:409,w:574,h:17},
{t:"Her poems have appeared in The Iowa Review, The New York",p:52,x:655,y:431,w:574,h:17},
{t:"Quarterly, Southern Humanities Review",p:52,x:655,y:453,w:375,h:17},
{t:". She’s included in",p:52,x:1043,y:453,w:180,h:17},
{t:"California Poetry: From the Gold Rush to the Present. Her book",p:52,x:655,y:475,w:571,h:17},
{t:"The Downstairs Dance Floor was awarded the Robert Phillips",p:52,x:655,y:497,w:573,h:17},
{t:"Poetry Chapbook Prize.",p:52,x:655,y:519,w:214,h:17},
{t:"Expressions, A Literary Collection",p:53,x:401,y:31,w:512,h:43},
{t:"Expressions, A Literary Collection",p:53,x:401,y:31,w:512,h:43},
{t:"Expressions, A Literary Collection",p:53,x:400,y:31,w:512,h:43},
{t:"First Edition 2009",p:53,x:554,y:925,w:151,h:15},
{t:"53",p:53,x:1228,y:926,w:20,h:15},
{t:"Brian Anthony Hardie, 24 years",p:53,x:90,y:91,w:314,h:17},
{t:"old and has been writing poetry",p:53,x:90,y:113,w:302,h:17},
{t:"since the age of seven. He was born",p:53,x:90,y:135,w:315,h:17},
{t:"and raised in Portland, Oregon.",p:53,x:90,y:157,w:297,h:17},
{t:"Brian has been published in",p:53,x:90,y:179,w:277,h:17},
{t:"numerous small press journals/E-",p:53,x:90,y:201,w:313,h:17},
{t:"zines including The Pebble Lak e",p:53,x:90,y:223,w:314,h:17},
{t:"Review(Houston, TX), Conceit",p:53,x:90,y:245,w:277,h:17},
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{t:"Hudson View(NYC/South Africa),",p:53,x:90,y:289,w:301,h:17},
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{t:"Magazine(International),",p:53,x:90,y:355,w:222,h:17},
{t:"DaveJarecki.com, WordSlaw.com,",p:53,x:90,y:377,w:314,h:17},
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{t:"The Dirt Magazine, and Angel",p:53,x:90,y:421,w:280,h:17},
{t:"Exhaust(UK). He has also been a",p:53,x:90,y:443,w:311,h:17},
{t:"guest poet and speaker at Mount",p:53,x:90,y:465,w:314,h:17},
{t:"Hood Community College. Having",p:53,x:90,y:487,w:313,h:17},
{t:"been a musician since an early age,",p:53,x:90,y:509,w:315,h:17},
{t:"Brian has also toured the west",p:53,x:90,y:531,w:293,h:17},
{t:"coast and mid west as a bass player",p:53,x:90,y:553,w:316,h:17},
{t:"for the Portland based experimental",p:53,x:90,y:575,w:322,h:17},
{t:"rock band Microtia.",p:53,x:90,y:597,w:178,h:17},
{t:"Originally from Poland, ",p:53,x:90,y:637,w:226,h:17},
{t:"Greg",p:53,x:330,y:637,w:45,h:17},
{t:"Jargiello is a Sydney-based",p:53,x:90,y:659,w:271,h:17},
{t:"English teacher and education",p:53,x:90,y:681,w:287,h:17},
{t:"writer , who believes in the",p:53,x:90,y:703,w:260,h:17},
{t:"cathartic function of literature.",p:53,x:90,y:725,w:287,h:17},
{t:"His f avourite genre is f",p:53,x:90,y:747,w:225,h:17},
{t:"lash",p:53,x:336,y:747,w:38,h:17},
{t:"fiction, since he considers it the",p:53,x:90,y:769,w:289,h:17},
{t:"marriage of prose and poetry",p:53,x:90,y:791,w:274,h:17},
{t:".",p:53,x:373,y:791,w:5,h:17},
{t:"Fond of reading and reflection,",p:53,x:90,y:813,w:288,h:17},
{t:"Greg occasionally indulges in",p:53,x:90,y:835,w:279,h:17},
{t:"extreme sports such as bungee",p:53,x:90,y:857,w:287,h:17},
{t:"jumping or skydiving.",p:53,x:90,y:879,w:198,h:17},
{t:"Linda King is a Vancouver, BC poet whose work has appeared",p:53,x:684,y:609,w:573,h:17},
{t:"in numerous magazines in Canada and Internationally - Event,",p:53,x:684,y:631,w:572,h:17},
{t:"Room, Quills, Prairie Fire, CV2, Other Voices, Envoi, Orbis,",p:53,x:684,y:653,w:573,h:17},
{t:"Monday Night, W",p:53,x:684,y:675,w:159,h:17},
{t:"icked Alice, NthPosition....and others.  A",p:53,x:852,y:675,w:392,h:17},
{t:"graduate of the Writers' Studio at Simon Fraser University , Linda",p:53,x:684,y:697,w:575,h:17},
{t:"lives and writes near the beach in Vancouver.",p:53,x:684,y:719,w:413,h:17},
{t:"Phil Kopel is a giant chicken with a machine gun masquerading",p:53,x:684,y:823,w:569,h:17},
{t:"as a giant chicken without a machine gun. He lives in New",p:53,x:684,y:845,w:561,h:17},
{t:"Orleans.",p:53,x:684,y:867,w:76,h:17},
{t:"Michael Lee Johnson is a poet and",p:53,x:691,y:91,w:342,h:17},
{t:"freelance writer from Itasca, Illinois.",p:53,x:691,y:113,w:341,h:17},
{t:"He is the author of The Lost American:",p:53,x:691,y:135,w:346,h:17},
{t:"from Exile to Freedom, http://",p:53,x:691,y:157,w:301,h:17},
{t:"www .iuniverse.com/bookstore/",p:53,x:691,y:179,w:286,h:17},
{t:"book_detail.asp?isbn=0-595-46091-7.",p:53,x:691,y:201,w:341,h:17},
{t:"He has also published two chapbooks",p:53,x:691,y:223,w:341,h:17},
{t:"available at:  http://stores.lulu.com/",p:53,x:691,y:245,w:329,h:17},
{t:"poetryboy. He has been published in",p:53,x:691,y:267,w:341,h:17},
{t:"USA, Canada, New Zealand, Australia,",p:53,x:691,y:289,w:341,h:17},
{t:"Scotland, Turkey, Fiji, Nigeria, Algeria,",p:53,x:691,y:311,w:344,h:17},
{t:"Africa, India, United Kingdom,",p:53,x:691,y:333,w:301,h:17},
{t:"Republic of Sierra Leone, Israel, Nepal,",p:53,x:691,y:355,w:348,h:17},
{t:"Thailand, Kuala Lumpur",p:53,x:691,y:377,w:229,h:17},
{t:", Malaysia,",p:53,x:930,y:377,w:99,h:17},
{t:"Finland, and Poland internet radio.",p:53,x:691,y:399,w:331,h:17},
{t:"Michael Lee Johnson has been",p:53,x:691,y:421,w:304,h:17},
{t:"published in more than 240 different",p:53,x:691,y:443,w:342,h:17},
{t:"publications worldwide.  Audio MP3 of",p:53,x:691,y:465,w:344,h:17},
{t:"poems are available on request.",p:53,x:691,y:487,w:288,h:17},
{t:"Skyline Publications “Bringing The World Together Through The Arts”",p:54,x:391,y:927,w:591,h:15},
{t:"54",p:54,x:60,y:924,w:20,h:15},
{t:"Pamela A. MacBean lives with",p:54,x:663,y:527,w:292,h:17},
{t:"her husband in the North",p:54,x:663,y:549,w:259,h:17},
{t:"Country of New Hampshire",p:54,x:663,y:571,w:259,h:17},
{t:"where they garden organically",p:54,x:663,y:593,w:283,h:17},
{t:"and raise sheep. Pam is a",p:54,x:663,y:615,w:258,h:17},
{t:"homemaker at this time enjoying",p:54,x:663,y:637,w:296,h:17},
{t:"writing poetry",p:54,x:663,y:659,w:130,h:17},
{t:", short stories,",p:54,x:804,y:659,w:140,h:17},
{t:"gardening, photography and",p:54,x:663,y:681,w:261,h:17},
{t:"painting with pastels. Some of",p:54,x:663,y:703,w:287,h:17},
{t:"the journals she has been",p:54,x:663,y:725,w:257,h:17},
{t:"published in are Small Brushes,",p:54,x:663,y:747,w:291,h:17},
{t:"The Aurorean, The Lyric, Poetry",p:54,x:663,y:769,w:292,h:17},
{t:"Depth Quarterly, Ship of Fools,",p:54,x:663,y:791,w:291,h:17},
{t:"Interpoetry.com, Skyline Literary",p:54,x:663,y:813,w:295,h:17},
{t:"Magazines among others. Pam",p:54,x:663,y:835,w:286,h:17},
{t:"was a prior Pushcart Prize",p:54,x:663,y:857,w:256,h:17},
{t:"nominee.",p:54,x:663,y:879,w:85,h:17},
{t:"Shirley Cooper Losak lives",p:54,x:59,y:571,w:258,h:17},
{t:"is Mt. Arlington, New Jersey",p:54,x:59,y:593,w:257,h:17},
{t:"and is the Editor of the local",p:54,x:59,y:615,w:257,h:17},
{t:"comm unity newsletter",p:54,x:59,y:637,w:231,h:17},
{t:".",p:54,x:312,y:637,w:5,h:17},
{t:"Married to her soul mate with",p:54,x:59,y:659,w:264,h:17},
{t:"two daughters and f",p:54,x:59,y:681,w:202,h:17},
{t:"ive",p:54,x:289,y:681,w:25,h:17},
{t:"grandchildren, she enjoys",p:54,x:59,y:703,w:243,h:17},
{t:"writing as a creative outlet",p:54,x:59,y:725,w:253,h:17},
{t:"and companion. A graduate",p:54,x:59,y:747,w:257,h:17},
{t:"of William Paterson",p:54,x:59,y:769,w:238,h:17},
{t:"University, Wayne, NJ, it only",p:54,x:59,y:791,w:259,h:17},
{t:"took seven years of part time",p:54,x:59,y:813,w:258,h:17},
{t:"classes! She works part time",p:54,x:59,y:835,w:258,h:17},
{t:"for Manheim Skyline Auto",p:54,x:59,y:857,w:248,h:17},
{t:"Auction as a teller.",p:54,x:59,y:879,w:172,h:17},
{t:"Shelly & Shirley",p:54,x:404,y:849,w:152,h:17},
{t:"Russell H. Krauss was born and raised in New Jersey, and",p:54,x:655,y:106,w:574,h:17},
{t:"graduated from Cornell University with a degree in mathematics.",p:54,x:655,y:128,w:579,h:17},
{t:"He served as an actuary for a national life insurance company,",p:54,x:655,y:150,w:574,h:17},
{t:"the last thirteen years as senior vice president and chief actuary",p:54,x:655,y:172,w:575,h:17},
{t:",",p:54,x:1224,y:172,w:5,h:17},
{t:"and then established his own software and actuarial consulting",p:54,x:655,y:194,w:572,h:17},
{t:"practice. He is now retired and lives in Nampa, Idaho and has a",p:54,x:655,y:216,w:572,h:17},
{t:"second home in the mountain resort town of McCall, Idaho. He",p:54,x:655,y:238,w:571,h:17},
{t:"keeps busy writing software, fiction, and commentary.",p:54,x:655,y:260,w:496,h:17},
{t:"Steven J",p:54,x:59,y:91,w:86,h:17},
{t:"oyce an Associate",p:54,x:158,y:91,w:175,h:17},
{t:"Prof essor of German and",p:54,x:59,y:113,w:262,h:17},
{t:"comparative studies at the Ohio",p:54,x:59,y:135,w:287,h:17},
{t:"State University Mansf",p:54,x:59,y:157,w:218,h:17},
{t:"ield",p:54,x:310,y:157,w:33,h:17},
{t:"campus.   His poetry that",p:54,x:59,y:179,w:254,h:17},
{t:"attempts to show the relevancy",p:54,x:59,y:201,w:287,h:17},
{t:"of a wide range of literary texts",p:54,x:59,y:223,w:287,h:17},
{t:"by aligning theme with the",p:54,x:59,y:245,w:254,h:17},
{t:"textures of lived lif",p:54,x:59,y:267,w:194,h:17},
{t:"e and",p:54,x:285,y:267,w:57,h:17},
{t:"exploring this intersection in",p:54,x:59,y:289,w:275,h:17},
{t:"poetically meaningful ways.  He",p:54,x:59,y:311,w:287,h:17},
{t:"has published a book on G. B.",p:54,x:59,y:333,w:287,h:17},
{t:"Shaw entitled Transformations",p:54,x:59,y:355,w:287,h:17},
{t:"and Texts and has published",p:54,x:59,y:377,w:275,h:17},
{t:"poetry in a n umber of poetry",p:54,x:59,y:399,w:281,h:17},
{t:"journals including Kimera and",p:54,x:59,y:421,w:287,h:17},
{t:"Red River Review and Minimus.",p:54,x:59,y:443,w:287,h:17},
{t:"He has also published a number",p:54,x:59,y:465,w:287,h:17},
{t:"of articles on literary criticism.",p:54,x:59,y:487,w:284,h:17},
{t:"Expressions, A Literary Collection",p:55,x:401,y:31,w:512,h:43},
{t:"Expressions, A Literary Collection",p:55,x:401,y:31,w:512,h:43},
{t:"Expressions, A Literary Collection",p:55,x:400,y:31,w:512,h:43},
{t:"First Edition 2009",p:55,x:554,y:925,w:151,h:15},
{t:"55",p:55,x:1228,y:926,w:20,h:15},
{t:"Kem Roy Neal",p:55,x:684,y:91,w:140,h:17},
{t:" was born in",p:55,x:839,y:91,w:121,h:17},
{t:"Riverside California. He is a",p:55,x:684,y:113,w:264,h:17},
{t:"prof essional chef who has",p:55,x:684,y:135,w:258,h:17},
{t:"work ed in some of the top",p:55,x:684,y:157,w:258,h:17},
{t:"restaurants in Newport, Rhode",p:55,x:684,y:179,w:284,h:17},
{t:"Island, Nashville and he was the",p:55,x:684,y:201,w:286,h:17},
{t:"personal chef for a US state",p:55,x:684,y:223,w:266,h:17},
{t:"senator. Kem has worked as a",p:55,x:684,y:245,w:285,h:17},
{t:"private investigator and Security",p:55,x:684,y:267,w:292,h:17},
{t:"consultant. Kem is a member of",p:55,x:684,y:289,w:285,h:17},
{t:"the Alliance  of Los Angeles",p:55,x:684,y:311,w:269,h:17},
{t:"Playwrights –  and is in the",p:55,x:684,y:333,w:264,h:17},
{t:"Antioch University Creative",p:55,x:684,y:355,w:256,h:17},
{t:"Writing Program. Kem currently",p:55,x:684,y:377,w:289,h:17},
{t:"lives in Hollywood, CA.",p:55,x:684,y:399,w:209,h:17},
{t:"Amitabh Mitra is a Medical Doctor",p:55,x:90,y:637,w:325,h:17},
{t:"in a busy hospital in East London,",p:55,x:90,y:659,w:324,h:17},
{t:"South Africa. A widely published",p:55,x:90,y:681,w:310,h:17},
{t:"poet on the web and print, Amitabh",p:55,x:90,y:703,w:324,h:17},
{t:"has been hailed as one of the most",p:55,x:90,y:725,w:324,h:17},
{t:"popular South African poets writing",p:55,x:90,y:747,w:324,h:17},
{t:"in English today by the Sk",p:55,x:90,y:769,w:255,h:17},
{t:"yline",p:55,x:368,y:769,w:44,h:17},
{t:"Literary Review , New York.  Publisher",p:55,x:90,y:791,w:330,h:17},
{t:"of Inyathi Arts Journal and South",p:55,x:90,y:813,w:322,h:17},
{t:"African editor of ",p:55,x:90,y:835,w:162,h:17},
{t:"A Hudson View",p:55,x:264,y:835,w:150,h:17},
{t:"Poetry Digest.",p:55,x:90,y:857,w:130,h:17},
{t:"So. Noel is a writer, a poetess.",p:55,x:684,y:703,w:289,h:17},
{t:"She is the author of three books.",p:55,x:684,y:725,w:293,h:17},
{t:"As a musician, she sings with",p:55,x:684,y:747,w:287,h:17},
{t:"electronica duo Deviance and",p:55,x:684,y:769,w:277,h:17},
{t:"played with ",p:55,x:684,y:791,w:116,h:17},
{t:"one of the best",p:55,x:814,y:791,w:149,h:17},
{t:"Parisian rock and roll band, the",p:55,x:684,y:813,w:288,h:17},
{t:"late Iku.",p:55,x:684,y:835,w:75,h:17},
{t:"Arlene Mandell, a retired English professor now living in Santa",p:55,x:90,y:507,w:566,h:17},
{t:"Rosa, CA, has a divided East Coast/West Coast sensibility. Her",p:55,x:90,y:529,w:565,h:17},
{t:"work has appeared in 15 anthologies and more than 300 literary",p:55,x:90,y:551,w:573,h:17},
{t:"journals, including several Skyline publications.",p:55,x:90,y:573,w:443,h:17},
{t:"Patty Mager, a retired banker and",p:55,x:100,y:93,w:311,h:17},
{t:"investor, has been writing poetry",p:55,x:100,y:115,w:311,h:17},
{t:"for ten years. Patty has been",p:55,x:100,y:137,w:274,h:17},
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{t:"including The Elms, Literary House",p:55,x:100,y:181,w:321,h:17},
{t:"Review , Skyline Magazine,",p:55,x:100,y:203,w:292,h:17},
{t:"SpinningS Intense T",p:55,x:100,y:225,w:192,h:17},
{t:"ales, and",p:55,x:317,y:225,w:84,h:17},
{t:"Bottlecap Magazine. The Webster-",p:55,x:100,y:247,w:312,h:17},
{t:"Kirkwood Times did an article on",p:55,x:100,y:269,w:311,h:17},
{t:"Patty and four of her poems were",p:55,x:100,y:291,w:310,h:17},
{t:"featured, she has been published",p:55,x:100,y:313,w:311,h:17},
{t:"in both the American and Fort",p:55,x:100,y:335,w:290,h:17},
{t:"Worth Haiku Society Journals and",p:55,x:100,y:357,w:311,h:17},
{t:"was a nominee for the Pushcart",p:55,x:100,y:379,w:303,h:17},
{t:"Award in 2008.",p:55,x:100,y:401,w:135,h:17},
{t:"Skyline Publications “Bringing The World Together Through The Arts”",p:56,x:391,y:927,w:591,h:15},
{t:"56",p:56,x:60,y:924,w:20,h:15},
{t:"Sharon Scott is a Durban born poet",p:56,x:655,y:681,w:332,h:17},
{t:"whose love of nature and of Africa has",p:56,x:655,y:703,w:339,h:17},
{t:"inspired her to publish her latest",p:56,x:655,y:725,w:317,h:17},
{t:"anthology of poetry \"Africanessence\".",p:56,x:655,y:747,w:342,h:17},
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{t:"Like A Woman Falling in 2004.",p:56,x:60,y:879,w:283,h:17},
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{t:"cloistered in a cabin nestled deep in the woodlands of",p:57,x:684,y:427,w:517,h:17},
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